Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"Yet our priests fast, and inflict on themselves severe punishments, and we are taught to bear our sorrows in silence, and all this is so that the soul may be cleansed."

The verb bear has multiple meanings. Which is the correct meaning for bear as it is used in the context above?

tolerate
support
merit
produce

Answer 1

My guess would be to "tolerate", hope this helps

Answer 2

Tolerate

Step-by-step explanation:

You can infer the meaning of the word "bear" by looking at the surrounding information of the word, that is to say, by using context clues. The context clue in the excerpt is "our sorrows in silence", and since "tolerate" means to allow something that one dislikes or disagrees with to exist or occur without interference, peacefully, "in silence", such as "sorrows" or any other type of feeling, situation, thing or person, then this word is the one that best replaces the verb "bear."