Question
Conviction I. The appeal court overturned the
conviction against her. II. Houston was chosen as the site for the conviction . III. One of the ways to dissipate perspiration is by conviction . 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 ‘conviction’ means ‘the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding someone guilty’. Only in I is the word used correctly. In II, ‘convention’ would be the correct word. In III, ‘convection’ is correct.
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