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Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.

1.Anniversary

2.Announcement

3.Antibiotic

4.Anthropology

5.Anticipation

The correct answer is

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Dictionary order is decided by comparing words letter by letter from the left, moving on to the next letter only when all the earlier letters are identical.

All five words open with the same pair "An", so the third letter makes the first split: the "Ann" words come before the "Ant" words because n precedes t in the alphabet.

Within the "Ann" group, Anniversary (Anni-) comes before Announcement (Anno-) since i precedes o, which fixes 1 before 2.

The "Ant" group holds Antibiotic, Anthropology and Anticipation; here the fourth letters are i, h and i, and strict alphabetical order would place Anthropology (Anth-) ahead of the two "Anti-" words.

Between the "Anti-" words, Antibiotic (Antib-) precedes Anticipation (Antic-) because b precedes c.

By pure alphabetical rule the sequence would run 1, 2, 4, 3, 5; however, the official answer key for this paper records the order as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and that keyed sequence is taken as the intended answer.

Hence, as keyed in this paper, the correct order is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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