Apprehensive: Fearful of something, kind of like paranoid.
Complacent: Cocky/Proud of yourself, or satisfied.
Derogatory: Mean/Insulting.
Mollify: to ease or calm down. similar to talking down 2 people before they fight.
Plaintive: fancy way of saying sad or pitiful
So, in order of the fill-in-the-blanks, it would be:
1: Mollify
2: Derogatory
3: Plaintive
4: Apprehensive
5: Complacent
You had the 3 you filled in right. Believe in yourself!
<span>Ralph reasons: I quote, "And for the hunting, " said Ralph, wisely, "and for pretending to be a tribe, and putting on war-paint."</span>
I would say that the statement about The Canterbury Tales which is true is that it captures the era through a collection of stories.
There are many stories in the book, and they manage to show us the overall spirit of that time.