Read the sentence from paragraph 32:

Question

"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?

gullible

questioning

hopeless

certain

Answer 1

The word that would best replace "suspicious" in the sentence and convey a similar meaning is "questioning."

The revised sentence would read: "They fell silent, sullen, questioning."

This maintains the sense of doubt or mistrust implied by the original word.