Read the passage.

when she realized that she had missed the bus, jia became distraught. she paced back and forth, wringing her hands and trying not 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

Agitated

Explanation:

Context clues is a technique that helps us infer the meaning of an unknown word by only looking at the surrounding information of that word. In this excerpt, we can infer the meaning of "distraught" has a negative connotation of being troubled, nervous, stressed or agitated, because of the context: Something bad happened that would have severe consequences (She missed the bus and might lose her job) and she reacted in an upset and agitated manner: "She paced back and forth, wringing her hands and trying not to cry."

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