Choose the correct word from the options given below for the following statement:
One who is very indifferent to pleasure or pain.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Stoic
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Stoic (answer) | a person who bears pleasure and pain alike without showing feeling or complaining (the word comes from the Stoics, Greek philosophers who taught that a wise person stays calm and unmoved by joy and suffering, which is the person described as "very indifferent to pleasure or pain") | The old soldier bore the pain of his wounds like a true stoic. |
| (2) Ascetic | a person who gives up comforts and pleasures, usually for religious reasons (he denies himself pleasure on purpose, but the word says nothing about being unmoved by pain) | The ascetic lived on fruit and water in a mountain cave. |
| (3) Esoteric | an adjective meaning understood by only a small group with special knowledge (it does not describe a person's attitude to pleasure or pain) | The lecture on ancient scripts was too esoteric for most of the students. |
| (4) Sceptical | doubtful, not easily convinced (it concerns belief, not feelings of pleasure or pain) | Many doctors were sceptical about the new miracle cure. |