Question

Read the following lines from “The Human Drift” and define the words in bold. Use context clues to determine the meanings. These migratory movements of peoples have been called drifts, and the word is apposite. Retreating before stronger breeds, hungry and voracious, the Eskimo has drifted to the inhospitable polar regions. Perhaps most amazing has been the South Sea Drift. Blind, fortuitous, precarious as no other drift has been…

Answer 1

apposite

apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.

voracious

wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

fortuitous

happening by accident or chance rather than design.

precarious

not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

Answer 2

1. relevant, applicable 2. extreme appetite or hunger  3.random/by chance, uncertain/dangerous