Tire is underlined
which meaning from the dictionary best matches the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph?
when mom was driving me to my dentist appointment we heard a high-pitched squeal. then there was a clunking sound, and the car lurched to one side. mom thought we'd punctured a (tire) but it turned out to be more severe than that. a policeman stopped, lights flashing, and soon a tow truck arrived to haul us to our local mechanic. it was much more interesting than having my cavity fixed.
read the dictionary entries.
tire (tiy ur)
verb
1. to make weary
2. to bore
noun
3. a rubber cushion of air around a wheel
4. a metal band of tread on a wagon wheel

a.
1. to make weary

b.
2. to bore

c.
3. a rubber cushion of air around a wheel

d.
4. a metal band of tread on a wagon wheel

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.

c. to understand which information will best persuade your readers. (apex) correct answer.