Nearby indicates a shift in place (Example: we went around the corner to the nearby deli)
Finally, once, and eventually indicate time.
If you don't have answer choices, I would say either peer editing or reading it aloud and listening for errors.
The answer is: A. Famous because it is the subject noun
A loaded word is a word that not only informs but also caries some emotion with it, such as condemning, exciting, praising.
In the statement above the loaded word is "crushing" - it makes a qualitative statement about the defeat: it was a very definite defeat.
