Question

Read the sentence from "Caring for Vets Should Be National Duty."

"In advance of this year's Veterans Day, on Nov. 11, the legions of men and women who have served in our nation's military received some welcoming news: Congress finally agreed to fund the VA Mission Act, which since its June passage has been mired in budgetary disputes."

What is the connotative meaning of the word mired as it is used in this sentence?

caught

entangled

halted

dirtied

Answer 1

Answer:

entangled

Explanation:

mired means to be stuck and from all the answers above entangled is to be stuck or complicated. So entangled meaning to be stuck or overwhelmed with the budgetary disputes

Answer 2

Answer:

Entangled

Explanation:

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