Choose the meaning of the bold word.

Question

They appeared to me denizens of a brilliant existence. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
(1 point)
Responses

actors
actors

environmentalists
environmentalists

deserters
deserters

inhabitants

Answer 1

inhabitants

Answer 2

Failing that, I could have surreptitiously dumped the whole outfit overboard, written off the forty or so dollars as love’s tribute. (“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant")
(1 point)
Responses

happily
happily

slyly
slyly

enthusiastically
enthusiastically

sorrowfully