The word primed appears in these sentences from Passage 2. Fill in the bubble before the
underlined word from Passage
2 that has a denotative meaning similar to primed.
"Still, she had disappointed him by saying nothing whatever about returning with his
shield or on it. He had privately primed
himself for a
beautiful scene. He had
prepare
certain sentences which he thought could be used with touching effect. But her words
Ddestroyed his plans." (paragraph 14)