The underlined words are : "allay the discontent". To Allay means to enervate or reduce. Discontentment simply means dissatisfaction. Hence the "following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable: is "justify the gratification" (Option A). Note that this is a text of knowledge of synonyms.
<h3>What is a synonym?</h3>
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language.
For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous
Learn more about synonyms:
brainly.com/question/76433
#SPJ1
The answer is the first one, Shiny.
“traveler’s patients” is supposed to be “patience”
I think I can give maybe some guidance on number two but you’ll have to write it yourself and answer number three yourself. So when they say tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth I believe what they want is simply the truth, the whole truth which means no leaving out details tell EVERYTHING, and nothing but the truth means to just not lie. I really hope this helped even a little bit!
Um I don’t think so but I’m not sure