PLEASE HELP DUE MONDAY!!

"Miss Abbot turned to divest a stout leg of the necessary ligature. This preparation for bonds, and the additional ignominy it inferred, took a little of the excitement out of me. What is meant by the term ligature as it is used in the previous sentence?


A) cord
B) shape
C) size
D) weight




I resisted all the way: a new thing for me, and a circumstance which greatly strengthened the bad opinion Bessie and Miss Abbot were disposed to entertain of me. Which word is a synonym of entertain as it is used in this sentence from the passage?


A) amuse
B) think
C) invite
D) hold up