Answer: That the hardest part was over and that they should stick together. Several days later though, some of the prisoners were told that they were not to report to work but would instead stay in camp.
B. Encyclopedia
C. Concise Dictionary of American Biography
D. Dictionary
A. Denotation
B.Connotation
C. Diction
D.Convention
The literal, or, dictionary meaning of a word is its denotation
Denotation is a synonym for definition, and, therefore, your answer is A)
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