21, 1. Obedient to inherited impulse. The boys followed an unreasoning
impulse in their nature, inherited from their savage ancestors, who got
their living by pursuing and killing running animals.
2. Automatons of instinct. Creatures guided, not by reason or will, but
by tendencies inherited from savage ancestors.
22, 1. Practioner of an art, etc. A humorous way of saying that
gambling by the method of throwing dice dates back probably further
than the time of the Romans.
30, 1. Sang-froid. A French word meaning coolness under trying
circumstances.
36, 1. Gothic. A term applied to certain types of architecture of the
Middle Ages. Whitey, with bones and ribs showing, suggested the pillars
and pointed arches of a Gothic building.
43, 1. Nemesis. An ancient goddess in Greek literature who justly
punished any one who sinned.
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