Part A
Which word is most clearly opposite in meaning to the word
malicious as it is used in this quotation from “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”?
Choose the opposite based on context clues in the passage.
He was a middle-aged, long, slim, bony, smooth-shaven, horse-faced, ignorant,
stingy, malicious, snarling, fault hunting, mote-magnifying tyrant.
a. kind
b. funny
c. cruel
d. sarcastic