Is this a vocabulary definition type question?
Sorry I'm not sure how to answer it, could you give me a little more information possibly?? Thanks:)
The president is able to check the power of the legislative branch through the use of the presidential veto.
He was a sluggish and paranoid field commander who seemed unable to muster the courage to aggressively engage Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
I think that the correct answer to this question is B .