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Arrange the following words in dictionary order and choose the second word: apple, ape, april, ant.

1. ant
2. ape
3. apple
4. april

Correct answer: ape

Solution

In dictionary order, words are arranged by their first differing letters. Here the order is ant, ape, apple, april, so the second word is ape.

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