Answer:
technically no.
Explanation:
Water itself isn't wet, but can make other solids wet. When we say something is wet, we are talking about a solid surface with water on it, therefore making it wet.
The diction of Steinbeck here in apparently describing the dustbowl conditions of the Dirty Thirties is speaking of "tenant men" or presumably men who were tenant farmers perhaps who were allowed to live on the land in return for working it and that they "scuffed" their way home indicates that the dust was so thick they had to scuff but also perhaps that since they could barely make a living under the poor agricultural conditions they did not walk confidently but scuffed.
B. Walking is an easy and safe exercise for beginners
Answer:
-It evokes sympathy in readers about the outcome of the major's and the narrator's rehabilitation.
-It raises doubt about the doctor’s honesty and the effectiveness of the machines.
Explanation:
The correct definitions of the given vocabulary words are as follows:
1. bourgeois means C. middle class; conventional
2. expostulation means B. justification
3. portentous means D. ominous; full of meaning
4. recalcitrant means E. difficult to manage
5. strident means <span>A. commanding attention
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These are the correct meanings of the given words. I hope these answers helped you.