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Reading: Word Analysis, Problem 5. What do the underlined words suggest a feeling of?

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Here's your shmoop du jour... Jeremy was absolutely petrified about speaking

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in public, but he knew that he would need to get over his phobia eventually. He decided

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to join the speech and debate team, but during their first meet, he was so terrified that

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he couldn't go on. The words petrified, phobia, and terrified all

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suggest a feeling of—what?

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Here are the potential answers:

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So... what is this question asking?

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Well, it's testing our knowledge of the words petrified...

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...phobia...

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...and the $2 word, terrified -- everyone knows what that means. Like... when baby brother

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is sick and mom says "Suzie dear can you please change his diaper?"

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So if we scan our answers, what's closest to terrified?

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Does happiness even come close? Nope.

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Let's cross it off.

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What about excitement? May be exciting to be terrified... but it's not what terrified means.

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OK so now we're to loathing. Hm. Loathing. Would we think of...

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A "low thing," maybe?

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Like... a mushroom? Mushrooms are pretty low...

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And they're a little gross-looking, but even if you... loathe it... are you terrified

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by it? Not unless it threatens to hurt your family.

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So all that's left is intense fear - And the answer is C as in...

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Can you change your brother's diaper...?

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