Directions: Read the following five sentences, each containing a word highlighted in bold. Determine which sentence(s) correctly use(s) its highlighted word and mark it as your answer.

 

A. Although the offer was lucrative, she chose to follow her passion in a modest career.

B. The judge decided to impugn the defendant’s character based solely on hearsay.

C. After the storm, the garden was a pandemonium of colours and fragrances.

D. The hermit’s life of seclusion was vividly portrayed through the novelist’s descriptions.

E. The teacher's strict regimen was anathema to the students who preferred a casual learning environment.