Read the short text below:
"The young advocate refused to compromise her professional ethics, even when offered lucrative incentives. She knew that to yield to corrupt pressures would ultimately tarnish her standing in the legal community."
Match each highlighted word from the text with its precise contextual meaning.
- compromiseEndanger or undermine
- yieldGive in or surrender
- tarnishDamage or stain
Cevap
compromise matches with 'Endanger or undermine', yield matches with 'Give in or surrender', and tarnish matches with 'Damage or stain'.
Each word aligns with how it is used in the passage: 'compromise' means endangering ethics, 'yield' means surrendering to pressures, and 'tarnish' means damaging standing.
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Anahtar Kavram
Determining word meaning through surrounding context rather than primary literal definitions.