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Question

Select the segment in which a word has been INCORRECTLY used.
Is the Abominable Snowman a friction of the mountaineers’ imagination?

The correct answer is

a friction

The correct word is "figment" instead of "friction." "Friction" refers to resistance or a clash, while "figment" refers to something imagined. The phrase should be "Is the Abominable Snowman a figment of the mountaineers' imagination?"

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