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Question
Nutan was ______ of her sister, who won the ‘Best Singer’ award.
Options
contemplating
humiliate
scurried
disfigured
envious
contemptible
matted
startled
Solution
Nutan was envious of her sister, who won the ‘Best Singer’ award.
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