Choose the meaning of the bold word.

Question

We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

puzzling
puzzling

too bold
too bold

silly
silly

pitiful

Answer 1

pitiful

Answer 2

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

The ugliness they left was palpable. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

able to be felt
able to be felt

strange
strange

hurtful
hurtful

imagined

Answer 3

We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

puzzling
puzzling

too bold
too bold

silly
silly

pitiful
The bold word is presumptuous.