Choose the meaning of the bolded vocabulary word in each passage.

"But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court...
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• unaware
• bold
• optimistic
• intoxicated

The meaning of the bolded vocabulary word in the passage is "optimistic."