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victus00 [196]
3 years ago
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Read the following passage and answer the question. "I wanted the ideal animal to hunt," explained the general. "So I said, ‘Wha

t are the attributes of an ideal quarry?' And the answer was, of course, ‘It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.'" The word quarry has several different meanings. Which one is being used in the previous passage?
English
2 answers:
777dan777 [17]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The meaning of the quarry in this excerpt is prey or victim

Explanation:

One of the definitions of quarry refers to a person or animal who is being followed and hunted down, it could also be used as a synonym of prey, victim; the hunted; prize, object, goal, target, kill; wildfowl, game, big game, the story is about a hunter that hunts humans for being the perfect quarry, according to this, it is more exciting to hunt a human than an animal.

Deffense [45]3 years ago
5 0
Quarry is being used as a noun defined as an animal pursued by a hunter.
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