Both Uses of
modicum
in
Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini
- In the waning light, the Varden settled on a series of cultivated fields just southeast of Dras-Leona, where the land rose up to a slight plateau, which would provide them with a modicum of protection should the enemy charge their position.†
Chpt 17 *
- Perhaps his nails were a way for him to exert a modicum of control over a life that was no longer his own.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
a small amount