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HURRY 20 POINTS Read the passage below from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and answer the question. Oh yes, the smell of the sea was intoxicating to one who knew little more than the smell of
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HURRY 20 POINTS Read the passage below from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and answer the question.

Oh yes, the smell of the sea was intoxicating to one who knew little more than the smell of the trim cut lawns
and the fields of the Barrington School.
Excerpts from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, copyright © 1990 by Avi Used by permission of Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. All rights
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What is the best meaning of the word "intoxicating" in this context?
dull
causing dizziness
exciting
scary

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the answer is exciting.

hope this helps!
User Dimitre Novatchev
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Based on the sentence, i believe the word "intoxicating" meant "exciting" in the given situation.

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