Practice and Apply Find the sentence with judiciously in line 94 of "Another Place, Another Time." Look up the word judicious and find the related form in
an available dictionary and thesaurus. Use your own words to tell what the
sentence means. Then rewrite the sentence using an appropriate synonym.

Judiciously: done or carried out in a wise or sensible way having a sound judgment.

Rewriting the sentence with an appropriate synonym:

His father nodded wisely, "He would know. Why physics?"

Explanation:

The sentence means that the father nodded in agreement in a wise or sensible way. This will mean that the father had weighed the options and had good judgment on the matter.

Judiciously is an adverb which answers the question of how the father nodded. Synonyms of the word judiciously are: wisely, sensibly, astutely, etc.