(i) The palace was (A) specially (B) especially decorated in white colour for the royal wedding. (ii) He (A) floundered (B) founder away all his money on horse-racing and now faces extreme poverty. (iii) The nurse sat beside the patient and tried to (A) pour (B) pore a little water between her lips. (iv) The market will touch its (A) peak (B) peek next week, predicted the analyist.

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.