Seafaring commercial jobs, military, etc.
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Even though synonyms generally share the same meaning, they might not apply in the same context. So, if you want to use one specific word you should do that instead of trying to find a synonym that doesn't quite fit into the context you've established. An example is if you want to use the sentence "I was mad", meaning "I was angry", you could look for a synonym. One synonym is "absurd". However, this is a different type of mad, meaning crazy instead of meaning angry. "I was absurd" has an entirely different meaning than originally intended. This is why you should always double check the contextual meaning of the synonym you want to use.
I would say the correct answer is girls had laughed a little nervously.
Based on this clause, we can deduce something about their personality, and that is that they are happy kids who want to laugh all the time but they are not allowed to. The other options are either direct characterization or not characterization at all.
