Question
Download Solution PDFChoose the word that means "to give up or surrender, often reluctantly":
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Option 3)
Key Points
- The word "to give up or surrender, often reluctantly" means to cease resistance and accept or comply with something. (सामान्यतः अनिच्छा से हार मान लेना या आत्मसमर्पण करना)
- Example: After hours of negotiation, they finally decided to yield to the demands.
- "Yield" means to give way to arguments, demands, or pressure. (आत्मसमर्पण करना)
- Example: The soldiers were forced to yield when they ran out of ammunition.
- Hence, we can infer that the correct word for "to give up or surrender, often reluctantly" is 'yield'.
Therefore, the correct answer is: Yield.
Additional Information
Here are the other options explained along with their Hindi meanings and example sentences:
- Persist (दृढ़ रहना): Continue firmly or obstinately in an opinion or a course of action in spite of difficulty, opposition, or failure.
- Example: She persisted in her efforts to learn the piano despite her busy schedule.
- Endure (सहन करना): Suffer patiently; remain in existence; last.
- Example: He had to endure a lot of pain during his recovery period.
- Tolerate (सहन करना): Allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of something that one does not necessarily like or agree with without interference.
- Example: The teacher tolerated the noise because the students were working on a group project.
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