How can knowing more denotations of words you as a writer?

it makes you sound more educated.
it can you make clear meaning for a reader.
it can impress a reader.
it can illustrate your level of education.

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

What does michaelis want to get for wilson? a) some food b)a newspaper c) a priest

In the excerpt above, what can be inferred by the statement, "the dillingham had been flung to the breeze during aformer period of prosperity.?