Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part 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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Someone has tempered with my lock.
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- trampled
- tampered
- tethered
- No improvement
Correct Option: B
tampered (V.)
tamper with something (Phr. V.) : to make changes to something without permission, especially in order to damage it
tempered (V.) : to make something less severe by adding something that has the opposite effect
trampled (V.) : to step heavily on somebody/something so that you may crush/harm him/it with your feet
(5) tethered (V.) : to tie an animal to a post so that it may not move very far
Here, tampered is the right usage.
