I need for context but from what it sounds like option 1 She lacked courage sounds like the correct answer.
The answer is substantiate.
To Substantiate is to show something to be true. According to the Dictionary, substantiate is to provide evidence to support the truth. Example usage of the word, "the investigators of the case had found nothing to substantiate the allegations."
The correct answer for this question is letter b. communicate a detailed account of daily life. Geraldine Brooks uses the setting of a plague-ridden village in order to <span>communicate a detailed account of daily life. It is better to represent something that is easily be imagined.</span>