URGENT WILL MARK BRAINLIEST. PLEASE HELP. I AM BEGGIN YOU. Select one word from the list that is nearest in meaning to the first word:
a. Intrusions --- invasions, restriction, demands, trespass
b. Conspicuous--- audible, visible, clear, colorful
c. Obliterate --- redesign, efface, set, color

NOTE: Conspicuous is used in the sentence in the following way:
"They have but one requirement, that their intrusions should be conspicuous"

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile