Why does each successive edition of the newspeak dictionary have fewer words than the one before it? a. by minimizing language the party believes it can prevent/diminish rebellious thinking too. c. by reducing the number of words people use the party feels it can appear more powerful. b. by deleting vague, meaningless words the party can save on publishing/distribution costs. d. by controlling the region’s vocabulary the party can purify the language of foreign words.

A. By minimizing language the party believes it can prevent/diminish rebellious thinking too.

Explanation:

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.

pandas are endangered because of habitat destruction by humans.

as of 2014 there were around 2,000 left, since then, it supposedly has risen 17%.

they are a very endangered species.

-theoneandonly003