4) The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adom the bridge. What is the meaning of the word adorn as used in
this sentence from paragraph two?
A)
to please
B) to equip
to furnish
Eliminate
D)
to decorate

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion