In this excerpt from "colonialism in the united states" by henry c. lodge, which word is closest in meaning to the word indelibly?

long after the world to which it belonged has vanished, a habit of thought will live on, indelibly imprinted upon a race or nation, like the footprint of some extinct beast or bird upon a piece of stone.

a- forcefully
b- mysteriously
c-permanently
d- vaguely

C) permanently.

Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). In the given excerpt from "Collonialism in the United States" by Henry C. Lodge, the closest meaning to the word "indelibly" is the corresponding to option C: permanently, because it is comparing it to the footprint of some extinct beast upon a piece of stone (which is permanent).

situational archetype describes the adventures of hero. the examples of situational archetypes are the quest, good vs evil, the task which represent respectively search, good forces, characters vs the evil ones and a certain job that must be done. from the given options, we cannot observe the subplot the beauty and the beast which is a correct answer for this question.

oii

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