Question

Choose the word which is congruous (closest in meaning) to the capitalized word.

TARRY

• A. scurry
• B. dawdle
• C. linger
• D. loiter

Hint:

Tarry is about staying on or being slow to leave a place, not about hurrying.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

To tarry means to stay longer than needed, to delay leaving, or to be slow in setting off. The word that matches this sense of staying on and being slow to move is linger.

• linger is correct because it means to remain in a place, or to be slow to leave or depart, which is exactly what tarry conveys.
• scurry is wrong because it means to move quickly with short hurried steps, the opposite of delaying.
• dawdle is close but stresses wasting time or moving too slowly at a task, not the staying-on idea that tarry centres on.
• loiter is close but carries a sense of hanging about idly, often with no purpose, whereas tarry simply means to stay or delay.

So the word congruous to TARRY is linger.