Based on the context of each sentence, choose the word that most closely matches the denotation of the underlined word.
#tiles
1.the businessman was a parsimonious person, who could not bear to part with even a single dollar.
2.the children obstinately refused to leave the playground.
3.her resolution to win the contest at any cost could not be swayed.
4.his avaricious nature led him to make many choices in the pursuit of money.
#pairs

Read the excerpt from part 3 of the call of the wild. but it was in giving the law and making his mates live up to it, that buck excelled. dave and sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership. it was none of their business. their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces. so long as that were not interfered with, they did not care what happened. billee, the good-natured, could lead for all they cared, so long as he kept order. the rest of the team, however, had grown unruly during the last days of spitz, and their surprise was great now that buck proceeded to lick them into shape. what theme is most supported by the ideas in this excerpt? good leaders are strong and intelligent. loyalty can be a very powerful force. only the strong survive in the wilderness. we are all ruled by our natural instincts.