Question
Read the sentence from paragraph 32:
"They fell silent, sullen, suspicious."
The word suspicious comes from a Latin root that means "mistrust." Which word would best replace suspicious in the sentence and convey a similar meaning?
A gullible
B questioning
C hopeless
D certain
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"They fell silent, sullen, suspicious."
The word suspicious comes from a Latin root that means "mistrust." Which word would best replace suspicious in the sentence and convey a similar meaning?
A gullible
B questioning
C hopeless
D certain
Make sure no one can find this
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The best word to replace "suspicious" in the sentence and convey a similar meaning is **B questioning**. This word maintains the sense of doubt or uncertainty implied in "suspicious."