2) But, after all, we felt, winged things who would live like that must
be rather degraded creatures.
Based upon its context, what is the BEST meaning for the word
degraded in this sentence?
A) bright, colorful, and dynamic
B) given a lower grade point average
C) denied a chance to improve one's grade
D)
at a lower, less dignified status or level

D) At a lower, less dignified status or level

Explanation:

When you're unsure about what a word means, you can look it up in a dictionary - an alphabetically arranged listing of words that contains different information about them, such as their definitions, examples, origin, pronunciation, etc. If we take a look in a dictionary, we can see that the word degraded has two basic meanings:

Another thing that can help us determine what an unfamiliar word means is context - words and phrases that surround it. However, the given sentence alone isn't enough for us to determine what the word degraded means, so the definition from a dictionary can help us. Based on it, we can conclude that option D is the correct one.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

explanation:

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