Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge Vocab
11 Questions
| Attempts: 83
Are you a fan of the works of Ambrose Bierce? If so, you must have read the Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. This is one of his short stories, which is tested in the quiz below. All the best.
Questions and Answers
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A soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack
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Presage
- B.
Sentinel
- C.
Sentinal
- D.
Preesage
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B. Sentinel -
- 2.
Something that foreshadows a future event; an omen or prognostic
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Presage
presage - 3.
The Isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit
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Blockade
blockade - 4.
A defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground
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Stockade
stockade - 5.
A strict disciplinarian; one who strictly adheres to rules
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Martinet
martinet - 6.
An upward slope, as of ground; an ascent
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Acclivity
acclivity - 7.
An opening, as a loophole, through which missiles may be discharged
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Embrasure
embrasure - 8.
Unfeeling; merciless; obdurate; unmoving
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Stony
stony - 9.
To make clear or evident; to show plainly; to prove
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Manifest
manifest - 10.
A prescribed or accepted code of matters of ceremony, as at formal observances
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Etiquette
etiquette - 11.
The state or quality of being fixed; stability; permanence
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Fixity
fixity
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