“… and saw the fire grow; and, as it grew darker, appeared more and more, and in corners and upon steeples, as far as we could see up the hill of the city, in a most horrid malicious bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire.” Which of these is nearest in meaning to the word malicious, as it is used in the passage above? (1 point) Responses broadening broadening injurious injurious nurturing nurturing balanced
The word "malicious" in the passage suggests a sense of intentional harm or ill-will. Therefore, the nearest in meaning to "malicious" would be "injurious."
