Read the sentence below. In order to minimize the amount of damage to the candidate's reputation for the upcoming election, a press release was issued explaining the cause of the security leak.

Using context clues, determine which words have the same meaning as the underlined word above. Select all that apply.

curtail

reduce

lessen

amend

enhance

Read the excerpt from "broken chain." alfonso studied the magazine pictures of rock stars for a hairstyle. he liked the way prince looked—and the bass player from los lobos. alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a v in the back and streaked purple. but he knew his mother wouldn’t go for it. and his father, who was puro mexicano, would sit in his chair after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy.” what details from the passage would best support a paragraph about conflict between characters?

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Write a précis of "from 'on the duty of civil disobedience'" paragraph 1 by henry david thoreau.