The Invalid's Story - Vocabulary

Question 1

Mark Twain

Answer 1

• 1835-1910
• Samuel Langhorne Clemens
• printers apprentice - age 13
• river boat pilot on Mississippi
• pseudonym - Mark Twain
• 28 books, numerous short stories, letters, and sketches

Question 2

prodigious

Answer 2

• adjective

- enormous, huge

Question 3

deleterious

Answer 3

• adjective

- harmful, damaging

Question 4

ominous

Answer 4

• adjective

- threatening, gloomy

Question 5

judicious

Answer 5

• adjective

- wise, of good judgment

Question 6

placidly

Answer 6

• adverb

- calmly, quietly, mildly

Question 7

desultory

Answer 7

• adjective

- random, erratic