Which phrase in the following passage is the best context clue to understanding the meaning of the word brat? As a child, Ashley was a bit of a brat. She always wanted to do things differently. When she grew up, she continued to do so, becoming the first woman in her family to graduate college and enroll in medical school with high hopes of becoming a pediatrician, a doctor who works with children.

"high hopes"

"graduate college and enroll in medical school"

"always wanted to do things differently"

"continued to do so"

"always wanted to do things differently"

Explanation:

brat

[brat]

NOUN

derogatory

humorous

a child, typically a badly behaved one.

Doing things differently could be counted as misbehaving depending on what it is. But if we look at the rest of our answers,

" continued to do so " doesn't answer anything to do with the word ' brat '.

" graduate college and enroll in medical school " doesn't seem like something a brat would do if they were a misbehaved child.

" high hopes " doesn't answer anything to do with the word ' brat '.

answer: granola bars and bottled water

explanation:

this makes the correct assumption that it is a grocery store