Lake powell, though not a lake, may well be, as its
defenders assert, the most beautiful reservoir in the world.
certainly it has a photogenic backdrop of buttes and
mesas projecting above the expansive surface of stagnant
waters where the speedboats, houseboats and cabin
cruisers play. but it is no longer a wilderness. it is no
longer a place of natural life. it is no longer glen canyon.
which word from the paragraph did the author most likely use because of its
negative connotation?
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a. expansive
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b. stagnant
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c. life
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d. cabin

uncanny would be like unlucky or disaster. you can look for more in the dictionary or if you have text book then turn to a. 17 but it's different with textbooks.

in the line from the end of the story "the cask of the amontillado," by edgar allan poe, the narrator has put the last stone on the wall, thus sentencing fortunato to death. just like that montresor associates his feeling of sickness to the humidity of the catacombs, and seems to be glad he has taken revenge on fortunato. however, montresor's last words are "in pace requiescat," which mean "may he rest in peace." as a result, it can be inferred that he hides or does not want to assume his guilt or remorse for killing fortunato in such a horrible way.