Question

tears rose in the poor boys eyes, but he repressed them like a man, that he might not vex us still more. source: gabriel a story of the inn in europe in the sentence above, vex has the same or almost the same meaning as: peruse malign reprove worry

Explanation:

"Vex" means to cause distress or worry. "Peruse" means to read carefully. "Malign" means to speak ill of. "Reprove" means to scold. "Worry" means to feel anxious or troubled. Among the options, "worry" has the closest meaning to "vex".

Answer:

worry