Match the vocabulary words as they are used in these sentences from kurt vonnegut's "the barnhouse effect" to their respective definitions. the definitions appear within parentheses.
at no time were his experiments, as premier slezak
called them, "a [characterized by materialistic pursuits
or concerns] plot to shackle the true democracies
of the world."
"did you give it everything you had? " asked the
general [in a doubtful manner].
many a stouthearted patriot has found himself
[lying face down] in the tangled bunting and
timbers of a smashed reviewing stand.
save for one short, [mysterious] message left in
my mailbox on christmas eve, i have not heard
from him since his disappearance a year and a
words: :
enigmatic
prone
bourgeois
dubiously
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