"His vague warning mystified her, but Portia felt bound to obey." (paragraph 14)
The word mystified contains the Greek root myst, which means "secret." Based on this root
and the context of the sentence, which of the following sentences uses mystified correctly?
I smiled, mystified, as my little brother told me he was writing a book report for school.
The hikers were mystified as they hiked up the mountain, gasping for breath in the
thin air.
B
Bobby was mystified at his mother for not letting him stay up late to watch the end of
the show.
When we returned, we were mystified to find a box that had seemingly appeared out of
thin air.