Question

zora, child of the swamp... had dreamed her life away in wilful wandering through her dark and somber kingdom until she was one with it in all its moods; mischievous, secretive, brooding; full of great and awful visions, steeped body and soul in wood - lore. her home was out of doors, the cabin of elspeth her port of call for talking and eating. she had not known, she had scarcely seen, a child of her own age until bles alwyn had fled from her dancing in the night, and she had searched and found him sleeping in the misty morning light. it was to her a strange new thing to see a fellow of like years with herself, and she gripped him to her soul in wild interest and new curiosity. yet this childish friendship was so new and incomprehensible a thing to her that she did not know how to express it.
(from the quest of the silver fleece by w. e. b. du bois)
the word incomprehensible has the same latin root as the word comprehend.
what does the word incomprehensible mean in the last sentence of the passage?

1. not desired
2. not believed
3. not expected
4. not understood

Explanation:

The word "incomprehensible" has the Latin root "comprehendere" (to grasp, understand). "Incomprehensible" means not understood. "Comprehend" also relates to understanding.

Answer:

1. not understood