Question

read the sentence from paragraph 3. with a background in legal advocacy and counsel for the u.s. department of agricultures forest service, birkey launched the first interagency fire cost - recovery program, and her team recovered funds to rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of acres of fire - ravaged lands in the region. what does the word rehabilitate mean as it is used in the sentence? reduce reveal restore reacquaint

Explanation:

The context is about recovering funds to improve fire - ravaged lands. "Restore" means to bring back to a former or original state, which fits the idea of making the damaged lands better again. "Reduce" means to make less, "reveal" means to make known, and "reacquaint" means to become familiar with again, none of which fit the context as well as "restore".

Answer:

C. restore