NEED HELP ASAP!! Please “From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly
break in upon the tranquillity of the assemblage, and call the members all to nought; nor was that august
personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him
outright with encour
aging her husband in habits of idleness.
Using context clues, what does the word termagant most likely mean in this excerpt from Washington Irving's "Rip Van
Winkle"?
A.)school teacher
B.)delicate girl
C.)overbearing woman
D.)devoted homemaker