Question

Read this sentence from "Rip Van Winkle" and answer the question.

He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors. In the sentence above, "martial" is used as an adjective that means "warlike" or "soldierly."
Rewrite this sentence in your own words.

Answer 1

At any rate, he was born with less of a warlike personality, than that of his forefathers.

Answer 2

Unlike the lineage to which he belongs, he lacks a bellicose character.

Explanation:

In this particular exercise, it is asked us to use synonyms, which are one of two or more words of the same language that have the same meaning, in order to rewrite the sentence "He inherited, however, but little of the martial character of his ancestors" in our own words.