Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the sentence in which the word given below has not been used correctly.

ALIEN

  1. We pulled out the alien vegetable.

  2. Fighting is alien to her nature.

  3. His behaviour will alien him from the family.

  4. Her opinions caused her alienation from her friends.

  5. With the pleasant know-how it is well nigh impossible to communicate with the aliens; that is if there are any.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Alien' in sentence (1) means foreign, belonging to another country or region. In sentence (2), it means out of   harmony. In sentences (3) and (4), it means to cause a rift between people; to become estranged from but 'alien' as used in (3) doesn't depict the correct verb form, which would be 'alienate'. Hence, (3) is the answer.

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