Fill in the blank with an appropriate answer.
She had to _____ illness in order to avoid going to the party meeting.

Options

A. feint
B. feign
C. faint
D. fain

Answer

B

Explanation

feint (N.) : a movement that is intended to make you opponent think you are going to do one thing when you are really going to do something else
fain (Adv.) : willingly/ with pleasure
feign (Verb) : to pretend that you have a particular feeling or that you are ill/sick/tired etc.
Here, feign is the right usage