Measure would be the on answer
Well to understand this better, let us determine what is
most closely referred here about the clause “waiting for the wave”.
From reading the sentence we can see that since Jim was
waiting for the wave he didn’t notice something was happening to him. So there
is a connection between the clause and the verb. So this an adverb clause.
Answer:
<span>adverb clause</span>
The words in this excerpt give the description a gloomy tone.
Something is gloomy when it is dark, depressing, and presents very little life of hope.
Here, we are reading about a room or a house. So the term <em>gloomy</em> in this context would most probably have to do with the interior being old, worn-out, or poorly cared for. This is exactly what the words with negative connotations in this excerpt are conveying:
- "musty", "peeling", "mutilated", and "warped" show a lack of maintenance,
- "pungent smell" indicates a lack of cleanliness,
- "dicolored" and "tarnished" suggest that the place is very old.