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Permutation: n Different Things Taken r at a Time

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Out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can best replace the italicised word in the sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence.
He was punished for shirking his official work.

A

slowing

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postponing

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C

avoiding

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D

delegating

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Solution

The correct option is C avoiding
The highlighted word means 'evading'.
Option C is correct. Here 'avoiding' also means 'evading'. Thus, it has the correct meaning and is the correct answer.
Options A, B and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.
'Postponing' means 'delaying' and 'delegating' means 'allocating a task to someone'.

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