Question

read the sentence from samuel johnsons preface to a dictionary of the english language. wherever i turned my view, there was perplexity to be disentangled, and confusion to be regulated; choice was to be made out of boundless variety. which word in the sentence helps readers determine the meaning of the word perplexity? wherever view disentangled variety

Explanation:

The word "disentangled" is used in parallel with "perplexity" and implies that perplexity is something that needs to be sorted out or made clear, helping to define it.

Answer:

C. disentangled