Question

1. They appeared to me denizens of a brilliant existence. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")

Answer 1

1. Denizens means inhabitants

2. Surreptitiously means slyly

3. Mollified means calmed

4. Presumptuous means too bold

5. Palpable means able to be felt

6. Sullenly means sulkily

7. Precariously means insecurely

8. Solder means mend

9. Bleak means hopeless

10. Lithe means graceful

11. report is a common noun

12. St. Louis is a proper noun

13. he is a third - person pronoun

14. reassuring is an adjective

15. Scientific is an adjective

16. strongly is an adverb

17. sometimes is an adverb

18. never is an adverb

19. my is an interjection in My, what a beautiful suit you are wearing!

20. boy is an interjection in "Boy, is it hot in this room!" Jake complained.

Answer 2

1) denizens means inhabitants
2) surreptitiously means slyly
3) mollified means calmed
4) farcical means silly
5) palpable means able to be felt