Answer:
volatility...mercurial
Explanation:
The second part of the sentence helps us infer its meaning; it denotes changes in one's mood. From the first part of the sentence, then, we can see that these mood swings mimicked changes in his stock portfolio.
Basically, depending on the balance on his stock portfolio, the person was either ecstatic either depressed.
Now that we've infered the context of the sentence, it's not hard to see that the word pair we're looking for has to do something with changes, variability, inconsistency, tendency to easily fluctuate in short period of the time.
The only pair that could fit in this description is "volatility...mercurial".
The answer to your question is b
I think it’s date or posted but I’m not sure, I hope I helped!
Answer: It is used as a negative and ironic word to describe Brutus.
Explanation:
<em>In Act III, Scene I </em>of <em>Julius Caesa</em>r, Caesar is brutally murdered by jealous conspirators.
<em>In Act III, Scene II</em>, Antony, a friend of Caesar's, argues that Brutus and his accomplices are<em> 'honorable'</em>. However, the constant repetition of this attribute creates the opposite effect.
Antony states that Brutus, an honorable man, said that Caesar was ambitious, and that Caesar has paid the price for this serious flaw. In this context, the word honorable is contrasted with the underlying accusations of murder, and thus carries the completely opposite meaning - that Brutus and his accomplices are murderers and are dishonorable.
