Among the following words, which one will come second last if they are arranged as per their order in an English dictionary? Discrepancy, Disease, Discuss, Discriminate, Disdain.
Ordering Words Alphabetically
The objective is to arrange the given words in standard English dictionary order and identify the second-to-last word.
The words provided are:
- Discrepancy
- Disease
- Discuss
- Discriminate
- Disdain
Determining Word Sequence
We compare the words letter by letter to establish their dictionary order:
- All words share the prefix 'Dis'.
- Compare the 4th letter:
- 'c' appears in Discrepancy, Discuss, Discriminate.
- 'd' appears in Disdain.
- 'e' appears in Disease.
- Alphabetically, 'c' precedes 'd', and 'd' precedes 'e'. This determines the main groups: ('Disc...' words), ('Disd...' word), ('Dise...' word).
- Therefore, 'Disease' comes last, preceded by 'Disdain'.
- Next, we order the words starting with 'Disc': Discrepancy, Discuss, Discriminate.
- Compare the 5th letter: 'r' in Discrepancy and Discriminate comes before 'u' in Discuss. This places 'Discuss' after the 'Discr...' words.
- Finally, compare 'Discrepancy' and 'Discriminate' using the 6th letter: 'e' (Discrepancy) comes before 'i' (Discriminate).
- The order for this group is: Discrepancy, Discriminate, Discuss.
Final Arrangement and Identification
Combining these steps, the complete dictionary order is:
| Rank | Word |
| 1 | Discrepancy |
| 2 | Discriminate |
| 3 | Discuss |
| 4 | Disdain |
| 5 | Disease |
In this sequence, the word 'Disdain' is second last. The question directs to select Option C.
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