self deprecating modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so
<span>the answer is: The reader learns both that the narrator has an older brother, and his brother and John are older.
Appositive phrase is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. We can see that the writer directly shares the information about his brother by including the information</span><span />
"The argument that the other man uses to convince the narrator is persuasive argument. What he learns depends on the outcome of the situation. If it's bad, then he'd learn to know both sides of the story before picking sides."
The correct answer is letter D "Pious".
Someone considered <em>pious </em>will show great respect and reverence in regards to religious matters. Normally the term applies to fervent believers in the Christian tradition who would, as the example recites,<em> "never miss church services" </em>.
The term can also be used to nominate a deed of acknowledgeable will .e.g. <em>her reaching out to her father was a pious effort</em>
