Question

read the sentence:
as the boy grew to be a teenager, he became more defiant with his mother.
based on the suffix, -ant, what does the word \defiant\ mean?
the boy got along better with his mother.
the boy began to disobey his mother.
the boy started to ignore his mother.
the boy wanted to spend more time with his mother.

Explanation:

The suffix -ant forms adjectives meaning "having the quality of" the root word. "Defiant" comes from "defy," meaning to refuse to obey. Contextually, as the boy becomes a teenager, this word describes opposing his mother's authority, which matches disobeying.

Answer:

The boy began to disobey his mother.