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    Question

    Below are three sentences with a common emboldened word in each. The sentences are followed by options indicating the sentences which use the word incorrectly. Choose the correct option as your answer.

    Ingenious

          I.        Roti, a type of bread is ingenious to India and other Asian countries.

        II.        Her ingenious excuse for being late was both creative and believable.

       III.        The team's strategy was so ingenious that it caught their opponents completely off guard.

    A Only I Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only II and III Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only II Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only III Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    "Ingenious" means clever, inventive, or creative. In sentences II and III, the word is used correctly to describe a creative excuse and a clever strategy. In sentence I, the word is used incorrectly; a type of food cannot be ingenious but rather indigenous.

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