Based on the context of each quote from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs, find the word that most closely matches the denotation of the bolded word. 1)but as she grew older she envinced so much intelligence, and was so faithful, that her master and mistress could not seeing it was for their interest to take care of such a valuable piece of property 2)he told her all; only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked. 3)she did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings 4) o, how i despised him! i thought how glad i should be, if some day when he walked the earth, it would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague.

a: to make a supply last by economy

b: to free from

c: to refrain from

d: to show

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Select the correct text in the passage. in richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," zaroffs aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature? rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face-the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. "ivan is an incredibly strong fellow," remarked the general, "but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. a simple fellow, but, i'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." "is he russian? " "he is a cossack," said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. "so am i." half apologetically general zaroff said, "we do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. forgive any lapses. we are well off the beaten track, you know." laughter shook the general. "how extraordinarily droll you are! " he said. "one does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in america, with such a naive, and, if i may say so, mid-victorian point of view. it's like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. ah, well, doubtless you