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. The act of mollifying during the revolution symbolized the people's anger.
B. The scholar's theory was too abstruse for most readers to grasp.
C. His precise tone alienated his audience.
D. The tragedy made her lachrymose for days.
E. The witness provided spurious evidence in court and was caught by the judge.