Cub Pilot on the Mississippi
Vocabulary
Conspicuous-adj. eye catching, noticeable
E.g.: I would rather be the deckhand who stood on the end of the stage-plank with a coil of rope in his hand, and because he was particularly conspicuous.
Furtive-adj. sly, stealthy, secretive
E.g.: I thought he took a furtive glance at me out of the corner of his eye, but as not even this notice was repeated. I judged I had been mistaken.
Intimation-n. hint, indication, inkling
E.g.: Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.
Which sentence uses the underlined vocabulary word incorrectly:
A. The conspicuous street performer soon had an interested crowd.
B. The transient statue has been here since before the civil war.
C. I never understood the trivial task of copying sentences from the dictionary.
Cub Pilot on the Mississippi
Vocabulary
Conspicuous-adj. eye catching, noticeable
E.g.: I would rather be the deckhand who stood on the end of the stage-plank with a coil of rope in his hand, and because he was particularly conspicuous.
Furtive-adj. sly, stealthy, secretive
E.g.: I thought he took a furtive glance at me out of the corner of his eye, but as not even this notice was repeated. I judged I had been mistaken.
Intimation-n. hint, indication, inkling
E.g.: Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.
Which sentence uses the underlined vocabulary word incorrectly:
A. The conspicuous street performer soon had an interested crowd.
B. The transient statue has been here since before the civil war.
C. I never understood the trivial task of copying sentences from the dictionary.
