Question

select the synonym of the word in bold.

the scientist did not usually get angry, but his experiment had failed. the bacteria he was testing had died in the laboratory because someone had turned off the heat. the careless mistake made him furious.

Explanation:

Since the problem is about finding a synonym for "furious" and the context is related to language and vocabulary, the subfield from Arts is Linguistics (or Literature/Writing as they deal with language too). But as the problem is a synonym question, we can analyze it as follows:

The word "furious" means extremely angry. From the context, the scientist was angry because his experiment failed. So a synonym for "furious" would be "angry" (or other synonyms like "enraged", "irate" etc.). Since the original sentence had "get angry" and then "furious" to show a strong anger, the synonym is a word that means very angry.

Answer:

(Assuming common options, if options were given like A. Happy, B. Angry, C. Sad, D. Tired, then the answer would be B. Angry. But since the user's problem didn't show options, but the task is to select the synonym, the main synonym here is "angry" (or similar strong anger words). If we consider the context, "angry" is a direct synonym in the context as the scientist "did not usually get angry" and then was "furious" due to the mistake, so "angry" (or a stronger form like "enraged") is the synonym. )

(Note: Since the original problem's image might have options, but in the text provided, options are missing. If we assume standard synonym options, the correct answer would be the option that means very angry, like "angry" or "enraged".)