Read this excerpt and answer the question. Neither should it ever happen that once more the avenues to peaceful change are blocked by usurpers who
seek to take power away from the people, in pursuit of their own, Ignoble purposes.
What definition best conveys Nelson Mandela's meaning of Ignoble in his description of the usurpers trying to take
power from the people.

A. dishonorable
B. selfless
C. Bloodthirsty
D. humble

A.dishonorable

Explanation:

In this excerpt Mandela talks of people hurting others for their own, selfish reasons. He calls their purposes, "ignoble", by the fact that he is talking badly of them we can assume that the word has a negative connotation. This means the answer must be A or C. Mandela does not say that these people are killing or physically harming anyone; instead, he points out how they are taking power from those who need it. This is not bloodthirsty; the word that better fits is dishonorable.

past mark brainest if can

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can