Directions: The following item consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words. Select the synonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

In the election season, old allies become OUTCASTS and new alliances are struck.

Here, unwanted is the correct synonym of outcast, as it implies no longer desired. Fugitive is someone who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding, friend is a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection and a refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.