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"I wonder what became of that horrid little boy of ours last night," Aunt Sponge said. "He never did come back in, did he?"

"He probably fell down in the dark and broke his leg," Aunt Spiker said.
"Or his neck, maybe," Aunt Sponge said hopefully.

Using context clues, what do you think the word "horrid" means in this passage?

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Answer:

dreadful, horrible, or unbearable.

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