Answer:
What does embedded mean as it is used in the sentence?
- D fixed firmly inside something.
Step-by-step explanation:
The sentence states: The "reasons" are deeply embedded in history and tradition and the nature of man.
- Choice D is the best answer because the use of the adverb deeply and the verb in suggest that the "reasons" are a set of principles or values that are fixed, firm, and otherwise unchanging due to the history, tradition, and nature of man which are the context clues.
- Choice A is not the best choice being that the sentence does not give any context as to what or who has the inability to escape and why the escape is needed.
- Choice B is tempting because the sentence mentions the nature of man, giving the noun, "reasons", a human trait, or personification. However, this answer can only be correct if the personification was the only context in the sentence: history, tradition, and nature of man.
- Choice C is also tempting because it suggests that the "reasons" "serve a purpose due" to the history, tradition, and nature of man. However, because we have the adverb, deeply, we know that simply serving a purpose does not magnify the full meaning of embedded in the sentence. The sentence suggests that the "reasons" are deeply engrained in the history, tradition, and nature of man. This makes choice C incorrect.
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