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Hope you're wearing your smartypants and/or thinking cap for this one...

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Which word could fill in the blank so that the sentence below makes sense?

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Completely blank the mess we had made in the once-pristine kitchen, our mother sent us

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all to our rooms with an expression of shell-shocked horror on her face.

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And here are the potential answers...

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Every mom reacts differently to kitchen messes...

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But this one seems particularly bothered, if "shell-shocked horror" is any indication.

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The "under" in "underwhelmed" lets us know it's the opposite of "overwhelmed."

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If the Mom was underwhelmed by the mess, she wouldn't care at all...

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Which doesn't equal "shell-shocked horror" in our minds.

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It would be really weird for the Mom to be "calmed" by the messy kitchen...

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So (C) is off the table. "Unafraid" doesn't work at all.

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People who are shell-shocked with horror are very, very afraid.

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"Amused?" Really?

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Yeah, we don't think so. "Aghast" means to be shocked or horrified.

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Since it's both in this case, (A) is the best answer.

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Here's hoping these kids do something seriously nice for Mother's Day.

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