Question

within 10 years, the vast congo river basin had descended into a chaos of factions and a dispossessed population beset by pandemics and nearly total breakdown of services and government. source: seattle times in the sentence above, dispossessed has the same or almost the same meaning as: volatile impoverished wavering notorious

Explanation:

"Dispossessed" means deprived of property, rights, or possessions. "Impoverished" means made poor or lacking in resources. They are similar in the context of a population affected by chaos and breakdown of services. "Volatile" means unstable, "wavering" means indecisive, and "notorious" means well - known for something bad, none of which match the meaning of "dispossessed".

Answer:

B. impoverished