Read the sentence below:

in this essay, he argued that being moral and just came before allegiance to government.

in this context, what does the word allegiance mean? (5 points)

association
attachment
devotion
separation

The correct answer is C. Devotion

Explanation:

The meaning of a word can vary slightly according to the context or sentence in which a word appears, in the case of the word "allegiance" this word is related to different meanings including loyalty, attachment, obedience, dedication, separation, among others and therefore the meaning of this word varies depending on the sentence. In the sentence "In this essay, he argued that being moral and just came before allegiance to government" the word "allegiance" is used to state moral and just qualities prevail over the loyalty or commitment one can have with government. Therefore, in this context, it is suggested the word "allegiance" mainly means devotion as it refers to a commitment an individual can have with government especially when the individual is part of it.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

d

explanation: