Question
Invidious I. It was a magnificent evening and it
was good to meet so many friends in such a convivial and invidious atmosphere. II. The ruling may create an invidious distinction in the way the courts treat the rich and the poor. III. The state has invidious to invest two millions in the dam. Directions : In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.Solution
The word ‘invidious’ means ‘likely to cause unhappiness or be unpleasant, especially because it is unfair’. Only in II, the word is used correctly.
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