Directions: In each question below, word is used in four different ways. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.
(A) Her death devolved the end of an era in superlative cinematic techniques.
(B) The senator devolved the duties of office upon a group of aides.
(C) The firm devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead.
(D) After several hours the discussion had devolved into a shouting match.
Devolve - transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration. In sentence A, The word ‘devolve’ is incorrectly used. In other sentence, devolve is correctly used.
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