Choose the meaning of the bold word.
They appeared to me denizens of a brilliant existence. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
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actors
environmentalists
deserters
inhabitants
inhabitants
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Failing that, I could have surreptitiously dumped the whole outfit overboard, written off the forty or so dollars as love’s tribute. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
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happily
slyly
enthusiastically
sorrowfully
slyly
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
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baffled
alerted
calmed
upset
calmed
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
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puzzling
too bold
silly
pitiful
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
The ugliness they left was palpable. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
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able to be felt
strange
hurtful
imagined
able to be felt
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“I won’t touch it,” he said sullenly. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
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sulkily
savagely
suspiciously
swiftly