Question

Circle the letter of the sentence in which the word in bold-faced type is used incorrectly.

Answer 1

C.

In every other scenario "subservient" is used properly as an adjective. Option A may look tricky, but "subservience" is correct because it is a state of being and modifies how they were bound.

However, in C "subservient" is not used as an adjective, like it should be. It is incorrectly used as a noun.