Read the sentence from paragraph 4.
"a couple of decrepit apple-trees grew on the edge of it, and dropped their scanty and gnarled fruit to feast the squirrels."
what does decrepit mean?
a) ugly
b) weak
c) sickly
d) crippled

In order to help the student expand his/her knowledge I will help answer the question. This in hope that the student will get a piece of knowledge that will help him through his homework or future tests.

Using context clues in the paragraph 4: “A couple of decrepit apple-trees grew on the edge of it, and dropped their scanty and gnarled fruit to feast the squirrels.” The word decrepit means weak.

so the answer is letter C) weak

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