Question

1.2 determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 30? read the passage. then, select the synonym of the word in bold. a nutritional approach called the paleo diet encourages people to eat the way their hunter - gatherer forebears did. though people say that the regimen encourages some healthy habits, such as eliminating processed foods and increasing fibre intake, the diet may be based on fallacious principles. according to critics, the diet is based on invalid premises: not only is it impossible to know exactly what our stone age ancestors ate, both the human body and the animals and plants we eat have evolved since that time. submit

Explanation:

The word "fallacious" means based on a mistaken belief. We need to find a word with a similar meaning among the options (not provided here but the process is to look for a word like "false", "erroneous").

Answer:

(No options given, but concept - a word like "false" or "erroneous" would be the synonym of "fallacious")