Dictionary entries are the words and their meanings with their synonyms. The word 'obdurately' in the text means stubborn. Thus, option B is correct.
<h3>What is the meaning of obdurately?</h3>
Obdurately is a word that is used to show the stubborn and persistent person that is reluctant to follow the orders and tries to resist.
As in the text, the word is used to show the rigid and tenacious nature of the old-timers does not want to follow the order of the evacuation.
Therefore, option B. stubborn is the correct meaning of the word obdurately.
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Gladwell’s message is a simple one: to be successful one has to have a certain level of skill or knowledge or intelligence, and one has to be presented with opportunities of which one can take advantage.
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The correct answer is B. deceptive appearances.
Indeed, Viola has just been rescued from her shipwreck by a captain off the coast of Illyria and her brother is missing. She thinks he is dead but the captain reassures her that he may be alive. The captain is a good looking man and Viola, who obviously has experience about life and people knows that she is supposed to judge him by his actions and not by his physical appearance, regardless of how pleasing it may be.
She clearly states that inner beauty rarely goes hand in hand with outer beauty and the captain is one of those rare exceptions where the two are perfectly matched.
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