Read these sentences from the text. “A group of states claimed the Constitution failed to protect certain basic rights. A compromise was thus proposed. The dissenting states would agree to ratify the Constitution if additional amendments would immediately be proposed to address what they felt was lacking.”

As used in the text, what does the word "compromise" mean?
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Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny, am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus is fearful of the cyclops. b. is prideful and overly confident. c. has been weakened by the cyclops. d. has regrets about staying on the island.