Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of a sentence followed by four words/groups of words. Select the synonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

As the customer started to FALTER, the smart salesman dropped the price.

  1. hesitate

  2. stagger

  3. tremble

  4. flinch

  5. .
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Explanation

This is the correct option as to ‘falter’ implies to feel doubt about doing something and to ‘hesitate’ is to be unwilling to do something because of doubt or uncertainty. This is correct in this context because as the customer began having doubts about the price, the smart salesman dropped the price.

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