. Charlotte is reading a book with the following sentence: "The boy's mother praised him for cleaning his room, unlike his fathe
r, who usually admonished him for not cleaning the whole house." Charlotte recognizes that there is a contrast context clue in this sentence, but she is still trying to decide what the word admonish means. Using the contrast context clue, what does this word mean?
a. excuse or overlook
b. to praise
c. be inactive
d. scold or reprimand
