Which word from this sentence does Poe present as a synonym for the word trepidancy?

A) manner
B) incoherence
C) inconsistency
D) agitation

D. agitation

Explanation:

This is the line from Edgar Alan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". Full sentence goes like this:

"In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence - an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy - an excessive nervous agitation".

Looking at the line, we see that the synonim for trepidancy is agitation, an anxious feeliing of restlessness and excitement.

cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.