1. to oppose strongly, fight,
2. to suggest, but not actually
3. shocking or
4. preoccupied with bodily
5. to prove to be wrong by argument or
6. to be a sign or indication
7. to twist or
8. authority to act for
9. to show; to
10. to alter from the true
11. keeping in safety or security from
12. a thing that lives at the expense of another without making any useful

Explanation:

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

answer: the gettysburg address is a speech delivered by abraham lincoln at the november 19, 1863, dedication of soldier’s national cemetery, a cemetery for union soldiers killed at the battle of gettysburg during the american civil war.

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