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Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows:
Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the invitation spitefully upon the table murmuring, “What do you suppose I want with that” ?
Which word in the passage means the same as whispering?

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The word 'murmuring' means the same as whispering.

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