Question
In the question, a small paragraph is given with four
highlighted words. You have to identify the highlighted word is correct used on its position or not. Mark an incorrectly used wordĀ Unlike more decisive issues like Ukraine, terrorism is a subject where there is a broader consensus among UNSC members, so the meetings in India would have offered diplomats some welcome relief from the squabbles they have engaged in over the war in EuropeSolution
āDecisiveā means ā producing a definite result, whereas ādivisiveā means ā tending to cause disagreement, the context of the sentence talks about divisive issues. So, ādecisiveā is incorrect here āConsensusā ā a general agreement āSquabblesā ā trivial matter āEngagedā ā busy; occupied Ā
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