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The definition of reprimands is a rebuke. With questions like this just look for synonyms.
Reliable is something you could rely on like depend on
The correct answer is a person who can be depended on
Could you leave the link for the article you need to analyze? However, to give the review of someting you would need to know the facts of War. This might be helpful. The United States government has identified 384 battles that had a significant impact on the larger war. Many of these battlefields have been developed—turned into shopping malls, pizza parlors, housing developments, etc.—and many more are threatened by development. Since the end of the Civil War, veterans and other citizens have struggled to preserve the fields on which Americans fought and died. The Civil War Trust and its partners have preserved tens of thousands of acres of battlefield land.
It is the third answer because usually authors express the main idea in the characters expressions and actions
