What does the word pertinent mean based on the context clues provided?

i would lay on the ground, and wait for the earth to simply take me back!

- sincerely, ouma

b)and

is the answer.

its because you eat a lot of food and that can lead to many heath problems like diabetes or becoming very over weight and fat etc.

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate. 

because most jews were in the concentration camps and dying horrible deaths while anne could be with her family in a warm place with shelter, food, water, and a place to sleep.