(VOCABULARY)
1. Flee (Verb) –
- Meaning: run away from a place or situation of danger.
- Synonyms: run, run away, run off
- Antonyms: arrive, come, continue
- Usage: ”to escape the fighting, his family fled from their village”
2. Hazardous (Adjective) –
- Meaning: risky; dangerous.
- Synonyms: unsafe, perilous, precarious
- Antonyms: safe, secure, ce1tain
- Usage: ”we work in hazardous conditions”
3. Overridden (Verb) –
- Meaning: use one’s authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).
- Synonyms: disallow, overrule, countermand
- Antonyms: allow, accept, listen to
- Usage: ”the courts will ultimately override any objections”
4. Probed (Verb) –
- Meaning: physically explore or examine(something) with the hands or an instrument.
- Synonyms: examine, feel, feel around
- Antonyms: answered, replied, responded
- Usage: ”hands probed his body from top to bottom”
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5. One who pretends to be what he is not – Imposter
6. A round-about way of expression – Circumlocution
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7. (A) Virbaige (B) Verbiage (C) Verbaigi (D) Verbaige
8. (A) Bombust (B) Bumbast (C) Bombeast (D) Bombast
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Catch someone red-handed:
- Meaning: If someone is caught red-handed, they are found doing something wrong or illegal.
- Example: The police caught the robbers red-handed as they ransacked another house.
10. Charity begins at home:
- Meaning: This idiom means that family members are more important than anyone else, and should be the focus of a person’s efforts.
- Example: She seems to have forgotten that charity begins at home she has no problem volunteering at the church but rarely visits her own mother.
