Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence His strategy is to ...........

English Language (CHSL) Word Usage

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence.

His strategy is to protract negotiations until the enemy are exhausted while assembling the forces necessary to crush them.

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SSC CHSL 3rd June 2022 Shift-1

Control

Prolong

Cease

- The sentence describes a strategy involving extending negotiations to tire out the enemy.

- Protract means to lengthen or extend in time.

- Option 1: Control - Means to direct or influence behavior.

- Option 2: Prolong - Means to extend the duration of something.

- Option 3: Accept - Means to agree to or take willingly.

- Option 4: Cease - Means to stop or bring to an end.

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