"To distort is to alter or change the appearance of something in order to misrepresent" is which type of definition?

A) reportive B) contextual C) ostensive


A

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Most indigenous people in the United States oppose capital punishment because __________

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

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The father of Pan-Africanism was

A. W.E.B. DuBois B. Martin Luther King C. Nelson Mandela D. Booker T. Washington

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