Asked by j

Read the sentence.

I could tell by the mischievous gleam in their eyes and the sneaky looks they were exchanging that my little brother and sister had been planning to deceive me in some way.

The most precise replacement for the underlined word is

arranging
preparing
conniving
organizing

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
conniving

"Conniving" specifically implies secretly scheming or plotting to deceive, matching the sentence's meaning better than the neutral words "arranging," "preparing," or "organizing."