Question

Read this excerpt from Little Women. They were all there, his grandfather—oh, so proud—Mr. and Mrs. March, John and Meg, Jo and Beth, and all exulted over him with the sincere admiration which boys make light of at the time, but fail to win from the world by any after-triumphs. Using clues from this excerpt, what does the word exulted mean? to be angry towards to gush over in praise to make fun of to wish to be like

Answer 1

To gush over in praise.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this text, we learn about the reaction of some of the characters in the story (his grandfather, Mr. and Mrs. March, John and Meg, Jo and Beth) to one other character that is not mentioned by name. We know that this character is a boy, and we see that all of these people sincerely admire him, and tell him so. Therefore, we can conclude that the word "exulted" in this context means "to gush over in praise."