Read this sentence from the passage. Though he ate sparingly, his money quickly dwindled until, one day, no silver akches remained.
What does the word dwindled mean in the sentence above?

Group of answer choices

was placed into savings

was spent wisely

became gradually less

lost worth over time

In this excerpt from "colonialism in the united states" by henry c. lodge, which word is closest in meaning to the word indelibly? long after the world to which it belonged has vanished, a habit of thought will live on, indelibly imprinted upon a race or nation, like the footprint of some extinct beast or bird upon a piece of stone.