<span>The young priest is respected in the community despite his age as
evident in the passage. When he “waved for them to stop,” they stopped their
truck and greeted him calling him “Father.” When the priest suggested that they
should not leave Teofilo at the sheep camp alone, they replied to him
positively “No, he won’t do that anymore now.”</span>
What is the underlined word?
Answer:
Readers learn, along with Laurie's mother, that Laurie is the boy causing trouble.
Explanation:
<span>The options are:
A.Confuse
B. Distract
C. Meander
D. Harangue
From the given options the word that is most likely to have a negative flavor or implication is B. distract, because </span><span>it has the prefix dis. The prefix dis has a negative flavor (dislike, distaste,...) and none of the others words do. </span>
