Question

Read this sentence from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens:

Her look so discomposed him that he stopped, wandered, and began anew:

Based on the context, to discompose is to cause someone to become which of the following? (4 points)


Calm
Confused
Demanding
Lost

Answer 1

The dictionary meaning of the word discompose is to disturb or agitate. Based on the given context above, to discompose is to cause someone to become confused. In other words, discompose also means to disarrange or to put something in disorder.