The Latin root -val- means "strong." Based on this definition, what can you conclude is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence? The facts provided by the article validated my thesis statement for my research report.

a weakened the argument
b showed no relevance to the argument
c strengthened to make justifiable
d strongly contradicted

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax