For apex the answer is C. for the lyrical nature...
The house that surrounds me while I sleep is built on undermined ground; far beneath my bed, the floor, the house’s foundations, the stopes and passages of gold mines have hollowed the rock, and when some face trembles, detaches, and falls, three thousand feet below, the whole house shifts slightly, bringing uneasy strain to the balance and counterbalance of brick, cement, wood, and glass that hold it as a structure around me.
Choose the best synonym for the word undermined as it is used in this excerpt from Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time.”
bolstered
broken
weakened
challenged
Answer: Weakend explanation:
Answer:
I believe that weakened is the best one.
Explanation:
The floor and foundations and walls are hollowed to the rock according in the story and it also states that the house is in weak condition.
b) not being funny
c) not having any real substance
The answer to your question is c
a. Do
b. over
c. burnt
d. cry
All alternatives are passive of criticism. As most people already know, criticism is a way of expressing a person's opinion and judgment about a situation, character, style, plot, artistic work, among other things .