Question

Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.

Answer 1

Answer: D) unfavorable, boding

Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). In the given excerpt from chapter 1 of "The Scarlet Letter" we can see the use of the word "inauspicious" which denotation is "not conducive to successs; unpromising or unfavorable" so the correct answer is option D: D.) unfavorable, boding.

Answer 2

The answer is D:

Inauspicious means something that does not have a high chance of success, or is unfavorable.