Multiple choice

Something (substance, etc.) that causes an ill-effect when taken into the body is

  1. fatal

  2. deleterious

  3. foul

  4. cancerous
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence is about ill-effects, not about death (fatal). Foul is offensive to the senses, not necessarily harmful. Cancer is not a substance and is not taken in. Deleterious is the type of effect when something is taken in which produces ill effects.

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