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NEFARIOUS
I. The closer the potential criminal comes to committing a nefarious deed, the more confident we can be about the prediction that he or she will commit the crime.
II. Due to the fact that the swimmer was as natural in the water as walking on the land, his friends used to tell him that he was nefarious .
III. We originally thought that John was going to pull nefarious April Fool's Day pranks - but surprisingly, nothing bad happened.

Q: Answer-NEFARIOUS I. The closer the potential criminal comes to committing a nefarious deed, the more confid...

NEFARIOUS wicked or criminal morally bad. The word nefarious is used correctly in statement I it is used as an adjective to describe the noun deed as criminalmorally bad. The use of nefarious in statement II is incorrect the ability to swim naturally in the water makes the person amphibious ability to operate on land and in water, which should replace nefarious in the sentence. The word nefarious is used correctly in statement III to modify the noun April Fools Day pranks as wicked.

In the following question, a word has been given and there are three ways in which the word has been used, in similar or different forms. You need to see which of the sentence(s) has/have correctly used the given word and mark your answers accordingly.

A All of I, II & III

B Only I

C Only II & III

D Only II

E Only I & III

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