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Read the sentence from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Tom considered, was about to consent; but he altered his mind: “No no—I reckon it wouldn’t hardly do, Ben.” What is the meaning of the word consent
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Read the sentence from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Tom considered, was about to consent; but he altered his mind: “No no—I reckon it wouldn’t hardly do, Ben.”

What is the meaning of the word consent as it is used in the sentence?


agree

stop

argue

discuss

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Agree. It says no no after he changed his mind, so it is agree.
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Agree

consent means to approve or agree, and Tom almost did that. You can also tell it means agree by the first word he says in the sentence: "No, no".

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