1. Decision
2. Deference
3. Decorative
4. Decide
5. Defeat
To determine the order of words as they would appear in an English dictionary, we should compare the words letter by letter.
- Let's first compare the initial letters:
- All the words start with 'D', so we move to the second letter.
- The second letters are:
- Decision: 'e',
- Deference: 'e',
- Decorative: 'e',
- Decide: 'e',
- Defeat: 'e'.
- The third letters are:
- Decision: 'c',
- Deference: 'f',
- Decorative: 'c',
- Decide: 'c',
- Defeat: 'f'.
- Now, let's focus on the words starting with 'Dec':
- Decision
- Decorative
- Decide
- Decision: 'i'
- Decorative: 'o'
- Decide: 'i'
- Next, let’s consider the words starting with 'De': Defeat and Deference.
- Compare the fourth letters:
- Defeat: 'f'
- Deference: 'f'
- Defeat: 'e'
- Deference: 'e'
- Defeat: 'a'
- Deference: 'r'
- Compare the fourth letters:
Therefore, the correct order of the words as they appear in the dictionary is:
| Order | Word | Step |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decide | 4, 3 |
| 2 | Decision | 1 |
| 3 | Decorative | 3 |
| 4 | Defeat | 5 |
| 5 | Deference | 2 |
Thus, the correct option is: 4, 1, 3, 5, 2.
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