Direction: In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
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The sight of the lizard is hateful to me.
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- repulsion
- repulsive
- repulse
- No improvement
Correct Option: B
repulsive (Adj.) : causing a feeling of string dislike; disgusting
hateful (Adj.) : very unkind/ unpleasant
repulsion (N.) : a feeling of very strong dislike of something that you find extremely unpleasant
repulse (V.) : to make somebody feel disgust/ strong dislike
Here, repulsive is the right usage.
