Question

    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) The wind finally dissipated the smoke.

    (B) The industrious people from Gujarat are dissipated over the whole of India.

    (C) The young sometimes seem to dissipate their energy in useless pursuits.

    (D) The dark clouds which threatened rain finally dissipated.

    A A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All sentences are correct. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Dissipate- (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear. The word dissipate is incorrectly used in sentence B. In other sentence, dissipate is correctly used.

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