This wonderful speech given twice (the last time in the middle of the civil war) by Sojourner Truth, emphasized and pleads for the right of women to be recognized as women. This mother of 13 [who saw most of her children sold into slavery] is not pleading for equality and voting rights. She is pleading for decency.
The whole speech is very moving. You might want to look it up.
B) My headache is killing me. It is not literally killing him, it is an exaggerated statement.
For me, the answer is letter D.
Only choice D has the technical words associated to geography. The rest of the choices contain common words that any mundane could use. But choice D talks about geology itself in the ocean which is highly influenced by drilling and mining. Knowledgeable readers would understand this because drilling and mining require workers to tap into the geological rocks deep beneath the ground which may cause a significant alteration in the oceanic geology.
Explanation:
Latin root,abbreviare,"make brief",from ad-,"to",and breviare,"shorten".
