If you had put one simple suspicion in my soul, you might have hindered me from making the egregious blunder for which i still blush, and which my husband will laugh at until his death. based on context clues, what does egregious mean in the excerpt? intentional modest petty scandalous

Scandalous

Explanation:

In this excerpt, the word that most resembles the meaning of "egregious" is "scandalous." The excerpt implies that whatever mistake the speaker made, it was a very obvious and very bad one. She also states that she wishes someone had stopped her from making such a bad mistake, but that her husband found it hilarious.

self-monitoring is in other words holding back your emotions for the better good. usually, people who can't hold their excitement, temper, or any other emotions, need to self-monitor themselves.   lol