Question

read the excerpt from \a century ride\it seemed to coax her, to whisper of the long, lonely stretch ahead, of the indians in their tepees, in the hollow, of a host of vague and nameless terrors, of how lonely and weary and defenseless she was, on that vast plain, twenty - five miles—twenty - five miles—and the half - way house flashed past and was soon left far behind!which word in the excerpt helps the reader to determine the meaning of vague?lonelywhisperfearnameless

Explanation:

The word "lonely" helps determine the meaning of "vague". In the context, "lonely" is used to describe a stretch (of land or a situation), which aligns with the idea of something being not clearly defined (vague) in a desolate or empty (lonely - like) sense. The other words "whisper", "fear", and "nameless" do not directly relate to the concept of "vague" as closely as "lonely" does in this textual context.

Answer:

lonely