Question

Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the word
Destitution

A) Beggary
B) Poverty
C) Humility
D) Moderation

Answer 1

Hint: Destitution means extreme poverty that one is unable to provide for oneself, a person who is without money, food, home or possessions, for example, the flood left many people in destitution.

Complete step by step answer:
To choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word, first analyze all the options individually.

A) Beggary: a situation where a person lives by asking others for money and food, for example, the various reforms introduced by the government are not helping in reducing beggary.
B) Poverty: the state of being extremely poor where a person has a lack of amount, for example, many people have been living in poverty after the war.
C) Humility: a state or feeling that you have no special importance that makes you better than others, for example, kings too can be just by practicing humility.
D) Moderation: the quality of doing an activity within reasonable limits, for example, they showed moderation by not fighting during the ceremony.

So, the correct answer is “Option b”.

Note:
The difference between beggary and poverty is that beggary is an activity of asking from others, whereas poverty is a state of being extremely poor, similarly destitution is a state of extreme poverty.