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Which of the following words could replace astonished in the sentence below?

and the straw was all spun into gold. When the king came and saw this, he was greatly astonished
and pleased, but his heart grew still more greedy of gain, and he shut up the poor miller's daughter
again with a fresh task
touched
afraid
fustered
surprised

User Till Ulen
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It’s surprised because he would not be afraid,touched cause it said he was greedy,or flustered. So your left with surprised
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Answer:

The correct answer is surprised

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