Use your understanding of context to answer this question. What is the meaning of the word in bold?

As they realized the extent of the disaster, the residents looked grave and thoughtful.

confused
excited
keen
serious

Question

Use your understanding of context to answer this question. What is the meaning of the word in bold?

As they realized the extent of the disaster, the residents looked grave and thoughtful.

 confused
 excited
 keen
 serious

4815162342 · Answer

The word grave

deercult · Answer

Grave, in this situation, means serious.

4815162342 · Answer

Are you sure?

4815162342 · Answer

Anyone have second opinions?

misssmartiez · Answer

He is correct

misssmartiez · Answer

In the context clues, you can infer this is a serious manner, and the residents take it seriously.

misssmartiez · Answer

and yet, thoouughhttful XD

deercult · Answer

Here's the definition of grave as an adjective: "The definition of grave is something that is serious or taken seriously or doing something in a solemn or sedate manner." Plus, like Smartiez said, since there's juts been a disaster you can imagine that nobody is very excited or keen.

misssmartiez · Answer

Wait, serious and thoughtful doesn't seem to blend in this matter, @deercult

deercult · Answer

What do you mean by that?

misssmartiez · Answer

with thoughtful?

Wouldn't it be keen and thoughtful?

I am now perplexed

deercult · Answer

In this case, thoughtful is less 'sympathetic', and more 'absorbed in thought'
Keen means excited and eager

misssmartiez · Answer

Oh, but then again, I still think SERIOUS.

misssmartiez · Answer

Yeah, just thinking about this,

deercult · Answer

No worries, friend.