Multiple choice

Directions: For the word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives that is most inappropriate for using in the given sentence.

DECIMATE : If this epidemic is not arrested, it will decimate the cattle.

  1. Wipe off

  2. Decipher

  3. Annihilate

  4. Destroy

  5. Eradicate

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Decipher means to decode and is not related to decimate and thus, it is an inappropriate option.