Which word means to live through an event?

• A. Sustain
• B. Survive
• C. Suppress
• D. Tacit

Answer: (B)

Understanding revolves around enduring through a difficult event. Survive is the verb that best fits this idea because it means to endure a danger or hardship and come out alive or still in existence on the other side. When you say someone survived a disaster, you’re emphasizing that they lived through it and continued afterward.

Sustain would shift the focus to maintaining or supporting something over time, and while you can sustain injuries, that isn’t the core sense of getting through an event. Suppress means to push down or restrain something, which isn’t about enduring an experience. Tacit describes something understood without being stated, which isn’t related to living through an event. So the word that most accurately conveys living through an event is survive.