Question

In this sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, what does the word zealous mean in these lines?

Even so zealous a hunter as General Zaroff could not trace him there, he told himself; only the devil himself could follow that complicated trail through the jungle after dark.

1. enthusiastic
2. evil
3. accurate
4. inhumane
5. unforgiving

Answer 1

1 enthusiastic, for one zealous means, having or showing zeal and the definition for zeal means a lot of energy or enthusiasm for cause and objective. so that means the general zaroff is and enthusiastic or extreme hunter....i love this story so i hope i helped! kinda have fun with it!