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Read this passage:
“True—true,” I replied; “and, indeed, I had no intention of alarming you unnecessarily; but you should use all proper caution.”
Which is the best definition of unnecessarily?
foolishly
arelessly
needlessly
enormously
Read this passage:
And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day….There never was so wonderful a book written by man; never one whose interest was so absorbing, so unflagging, so sparklingly renewed with every reperusal.
Which word is the best definition of reperusal?
page
chapter
recalling
rereading
Read this passage:
The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous….There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
Which is the best definition of pestilence?
deadly enemy
deadly disease
alarming battle
alarming change
Which sentence is written in active voice?
Its walls had been lined with human remains….
He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much.
For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity…
It seemed to have been constructed for no especial use with itself…
Read this passage:
When I had gazed at the disk a while I pretended to be sleepy and began to nod. Straightaway came the professor and made passes over my head and down my body….I rose slowly, bent and gazing, and followed that disk all over the place, just as I had seen the others do….I was cautious at first and watchful, being afraid the professor would discover that I was an impostor and drive me from the platform in disgrace.
Which is the best definition of impostor?
troublemaker
fake
scientist
admirer
