Read the sentences. Then, use inferences to answer the questions. The curmudgeonly man was not well liked in the neighborhood. He often yelled for no reason at kids who were
passing by
Which word best describes the meaning of curmudgeonly?
Which word is a good synonym for curmudgeonly?

I'd say the word that best describes the meaning of curmudgeonly would be yelled. A good synonym for curmudgeonly would be grouch or irritable.

Explanation: The word curmudgeonly means bad-tempered and negative, so I would assume that him yelling at the children is why the word curmudgeonly  is used to describe him.

Which word best describes the meaning of curmudgeonly?  

✔ ill-tempered

Which word is a good synonym for curmudgeonly?  

✔ grouchy

Explanation:

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.