I would say "beautiful" could be more in depth. This person could explain how the painting is beautiful.
Hope this helps! Please let me know if I'm wrong :)
I think that the question is looking for a synonym of one word in the sentence.
and the answer would be:
1.the decorations were reminiscent (=reminding) of autumn leaves.
2.No buildings still stood at the epicenter=
- point on earth directly above an earthquake.
3.The puppy
wrested (pulled) the squeaky toy from under the couch.
4.Luis angled the car obliquely into the parking spot and
passed his drivers license test
Here the best answer is "indirectly" since it's one of the meanings of the word "obliquely.
Assuming that the question is related to Abraham Lincoln´s 1865 speech, in the Second Inaugural Adress, in short words, what he is trying to say is that if difficulties come from God, is because there is something wrong that should be corrected, that there is something that needs to be fixed, therefore, the evidence that he quotes is that slavery as it is something wrong in the sense that it was one of the reasons for war, then it needed to be corrected, the war was the way to fix this matter.
Answer:
It illustrates the idea that many people tried unsuccessfully to find Fawcett. It proves that David Grann is a more capable explorer than James Lynch. It suggests that Fawcett's theories about a "lost civilization" were correct.
