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Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence:
The boy was fired for continually coming late to school.

A
beaten
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scolded
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C
abused
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D
dismissed
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Solution

The correct option is D dismissed
Option D: 'Fired' means 'to remove someone from their job or an organization, especially because they have done something wrong'.
'Dismissed' means 'to remove someone from their job, or any other organisation, especially because they have done something wrong'.
This word means the same as the given italicized word. Hence option D is correct.
Option A: 'Beaten' means 'to be hit repeatedly so as to hurt or injure'.
Option B: 'Scolded' means 'spoken to angrily'.
Option C: 'Abused' means 'treated with cruelty or violence'.
These words do not mean the same as the given word 'fired'.
So, options A, B and C are wrong.

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