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One of the statements below contains a word used incorrectly. Choose the option which has the incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

The question is testing for word usage between urbane and urban.

Urbane refers to a person who is sophisticated, cultured, and refined in manner. Think of someone who knows which fork to use at a fancy dinner party and can make witty conversation about art and literature - that's an urbane person. They have that smooth, worldly charm that comes from being well-educated and socially polished.

Urban simply means relating to cities or towns, as opposed to rural countryside areas. If you live in a place with skyscrapers, busy streets, and lots of concrete instead of farms and forests, you're in an urban environment.


Option 1 -> Correctly uses "urbane" to describe personal characteristics (sophisticated, kind, generous).

Option 2 -> Correctly uses "urbane" to describe an intellectual's refined nature.

Option 3 -> Correctly uses "urbane" to describe expected personal qualities of sophistication.

Option 4 -> Incorrectly uses "urbane" when it should be "urban" - refers to city areas, not sophisticated people.


Hence, Option 4 is correct

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