Direction: Each of the following sentences is followed by four words or group of words. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or group of words.
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She had a terrible night caused by a(n)_____ during her sleep.
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- incubus
- debility
- obsession
- delusion
Correct Option: A
An incubus is a male devil supposed to have sex with a sleeping woman. Broadly, incubus means a very worrying problem. In literary usages, as in the given sentence, it means a bad dream and is synonymous with incubus.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
She had a terrible night caused by a(n) incubus during her sleep.