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1. pastime (noun) –
- Meaning: an activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than work; a hobby.
- Synonyms: amusement, avocation, diversion, divertissement, distraction. Enthusiasm
- Antonyms: tediousness, languor, ennui.
- Usage: Since Independence, the load on this national pastime has exponentia increased.
2. lingering (verb)
- Meaning: lasting for a long tune or slow to end.
- Synonyms: niggling, gnawing, lasting, residual, protracted, persistent, prolonged.
- Antonyms: short live, leave, intermittent
- Usage: Notwithstanding lingering criticism that the Supreme Court’s intervention, on its motion, may have come too late
3. Ameliorate (adj) –
- Meaning: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
- Synonyms: tweak, enhance, ease, redress
- Antonyms: worsen, deteriorate,
- Usage: the courts are making an effort to ameliorate their living conditions is an undoubted source of comfort and relief.
4. Chastened (verb) –
- Meaning: (of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on.
- Synonyms: deflate, squash, mortify, subdue
- Antonyms: release, commend, uplift
- Usage: Chastened by open criticism fro1n for1ner members of the higher judiciary, as well as many senior lawyers and jurists, the top cou1t has sought to redeem its stature(prestige, position) by a series of directions
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5. To put two and two together – Symbiosis
6. The period between two regions – Era
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7. (A) Lengtines (B) Lengthines (C) Lengthiness (D) Langthiness
8. (A) Continaution (B) Countinuation (C) Cuontinuation (D) Continuation
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9. Dead to the world:
- Meaning: If somebody’s fast asleep and completely unaware of what if happening around the1n, he or she’s dead to the world.
- Example: Don’t worry, the vacuum won’t wake him-he’s dead to the world.
10. Don’t cry over spilt milk:
- Meaning: When something bad happens and nothing can be done to help it people say, ‘Don’t cry over spilt milk’.
- Example: Valarie’s car was badly damaged in the accident and he was angry about what had happened, but he soon realized that there was no use crying over spilt milk.
