Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.
Eventually the patient succumbed to her illness.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The most appropriate antonym of the underlined word "succumbed" in the following sentence is overcame.
- Succumb means to give way to something, especially to an illness or temptation.
- Overcome means to successfully deal with or defeat something.
The other words are not antonyms of "succumb" because they have different meanings.
- Died means to cease to live.
- Surrendered means to give up something, especially to an enemy.
- Advanced means to move forward or make progress.