Read the excerpt below and answer the question. After the test, the group of conscripts was asked to sit at school desks and write a short essay. I am not at all sure what we were asked to write about, perhaps it was the Army, or patriotism, or America. Choose the best synonym for the word conscripts as it is used in this excerpt from Goines's "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie."

Recruits.

Explanation:

Synonyms are described as the words which display the meaning similar or nearly the same to another word or phrase.

As per the question, the word 'recruits' would be synonymous with 'conscripts' as they both convey a similar meaning or sense in the excerpt. The word 'conscripts' implies 'the individuals who are enlisted or enrolled compulsorily, especially in military or armed forces' which is quite similar to the meaning of word 'recruits' that means 'to enroll or enlist in the armed forces'. The author has employed the word satirically for 'the prisoners involved in U.S. army'. Therefore, both terms offer a similar meaning.

b. both have yearned to escape the environment they experienced as a child.