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Natalka [10]
2 years ago
3

Match the vocabulary words as they are used in these sentences from Kurt Vonnegut's "The Barnhouse Effect" to their respective d

efinitions. The definitions appear within parentheses.
At no time were his experiments, as Premier Slezak

called them, "a [characterized by materialistic pursuits

or concerns] plot to shackle the true democracies

of the world."


"Did you give it everything you had?" asked the

general [in a doubtful manner].


Many a stouthearted patriot has found himself

[lying face down] in the tangled bunting and

timbers of a smashed reviewing stand.


Save for one short, [mysterious] message left in

my mailbox on Christmas Eve, I have not heard

from him since his disappearance a year and a


words::


enigmatic

prone

bourgeois

dubiously
English
1 answer:
34kurt2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

In order, the words are bourgeois, dubiously, prone, and enigmatic.

Explanation:

Bourgeois = characterized by materialistic pursuits  or concerns

Dubiously = in a doubtful manner

Prone = lying face down

Enigmatic = mysterious

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