Endangered, rare would really give people the idea of this problem and the word decline.
The answer is A: sinking because gothic means something’s gloomy and eerie. Sinking is the only word that is gloomy and eerie. Hope this helped!
It seems that you missed the given choices of the question above which are the following:
A. the past is not something we can talk about.
B. there are no words to convey the pain of the past.
C. The battle of the sexes will go on forever.<span>
D. Men’s and women’s roles are deeply rooted in our species.
Anyway, the correct answer for the given question above would be option D. When the </span><span>author says in lines 40–41 that “I'm convinced the past, we must contend with is deeper even than speech,” he means that </span>Men’s and women’s roles are deeply rooted in our species. Hope this answer helps.
Answer:
It could be about a bad day