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morpeh [17]
3 years ago
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When she realized that she had missed the bus, Jia became distraught. She paced back and forth, wringing her hands and trying no

t to cry. There was no doubt about it—she would be late for her meeting and might lose her job as a result of her tardiness. Based on context clues in the passage, what is the most likely meaning of distraught? tardy agitated doubtful earnest

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2 answers:
Fittoniya [83]3 years ago
6 0

I have uploaded a picture of the word <em>distraught</em> in the dictionary. I believe the best answer would be "agitated"

Hope this helps! God bless :-)

VMariaS [17]3 years ago
3 0

Based on context clues in the passage, the most likely meaning of the word 'distraught' is agitated.

In this passage, the adjective 'distraught'<u> is used to refer to someone that is emotionally upset and has a mental conflict</u>. Jia is troubled because 'she realized she had missed the bus'. Furthermore, the reader can realize that she feels worried about it by focusing on the following sentence ("She paced back and forth, wringing her hands and trying not to cry").  

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