Read this excerpt from journey to the center of the earth.

i honestly confess that i was abjectly afraid. i declared that i would go no farther.
using context clues, what is the best meaning of “abjectly”?

when someone states their principles as absolutely true
dull, tedious and repetitious
extremely bad
acting with or showing care and thought for the future

The bell is just a signal that the set time of the end of class is passing. the teacher lets you know when it's okay to leave.

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.

My favorite candy is gummy bear