As Leon entered the massive house, he immediately felt tiny and unimportant. The exterior was rich, and the building style was highly decorative. The Interior of the foyer, by contrast, seemed cavemous and empty. Perhaps it was because the mansion was just so huge. The man
who answered the door led him silently into a room off the main entry, which appeared to be a library or study. The dim lighting and dark
furnishings contributed to the room's austere atmosphere. It seemed like the kind of place where laughing was absolutely forbidden.
Dictionary
austere (aws. tihr) adj.
1. serious; sober
2. simple and lacking in luxury
Which word has the same meaning as austere as it is used in the passage?
O 1. ancient
0 2. empty
O 3. plain
O 4. solemn

You are moving out of town and you are planning to sell your recently bought bicycle. draft a classified advertisement including the description of the bicycle, cost and other necessary details. about 50 words.

Read the excerpts from the land. [willie] turned to my daddy. "it's my boy mitchell done this, mister edward, and i know there ain't no way t' make it up t' ya if this here horse don't heal right, but i jus' 'bout t' put a strap t' mitchell my own self 'bout what he done. i'm gonna put a strap t' him right now, matter of fact! " with that said, he positioned his whip and turned toward mitchell. *** my daddy stopped and looked at me. "no," he said. "i'm not going to whip you, paul. no, your punishment is that you'll never get to ride ghost wind again. i figure you'll remember that a whole lot longer than a whipping. you won't ride any of the other horses either, including the appaloosa, until i say so." which statement about willie’s and mister edward’s reactions is true? both men believe that their sons should be held accountable for their behavior. both men believe that their sons need to learn to handle horses properly. both men believe that their sons will likely harm the horses if they ride them. both men believe that their sons have permanently injured ghost wind

In 1808, their friend, the romantic poet clemens brentano, asked them to collect all types of folk tales so he could use them in a book of literary fairy tales. in 1810, they sent him fifty-four texts, which they fortunately copied. fortunately, because brentano then lost the manuscript in the ölenberg monastery in alsace and never used the grimms’ texts. when they realized that brentano was not going to use the tales, they decided, upon the advice of another romantic writer and mutual friend, achim von arnim, to publish their collection. it had grown to eighty-six tales, which they published in 1812, and then another seventy, which they published in 1815. –“how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale,” jack zipes what structural technique does the writer use in this passage? the writer describes events in chronological order. the writer describes events in their order of importance. the writer provides a central idea and then lists examples. the writer shows how the grimms made mistakes and then solved them.