Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "yet our priests fast, and inflict on themselves severe punishments, and we are taught to bear our sorrows in silence, and all this is so that the soul may be cleansed." the verb bear has multiple meanings. which is the correct meaning for bear as it is used in the context above? tolerate support merit produce

Tolerate

Explanation:

You can infer the meaning of the word "bear" by looking at the surrounding information of the word, that is to say, by using context clues. The context clue in the excerpt is "our sorrows in silence", and since "tolerate" means to allow something that one dislikes or disagrees with to exist or occur without interference, peacefully, "in silence", such as "sorrows" or any other type of feeling, situation, thing or person, then this word is the one that best replaces the verb "bear."

to inform the reader that the text will take a second look at the grimms’ original tales

our founding fathers introduced the revolutionary idea that each person's desire to pursue their idea of happiness was not self-indulgence, but a necessary driver of a prosperous society. they created a government to defend that right for everyone.