New Challenge!

a) dingy

b) ferocious

c) bilious

1.     This fellow charged Nobs, whose Capronian experiences had taught him that discretion is the better part of valor--with the result that he dived head foremost into the stream beside me after giving vent to a series of _____growls which had no more effect upon Hyaena spelaeus than might a sweet smile upon an enraged tusker. ( The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice)

2.     It was there also that she ate, keeping her belongings in a rare old buffet, ______and battered from a hundred years of use. ( The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate )

3.     One would think you were sick, or_____, or something.(  Adventure by London, Jack)

(Answer: 1.b;2.a;3.c)