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1. Primacy (Noun) –
- Meaning: the fact of being pre-eminent or most important.
- Synonyms: priority, precedence, pre-eminence
- Antonyms: last place, bottom, last position
- Usage: “London’s primacy as a financial centre”
2. Resilience (Noun) –
- Meaning: the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.
- Synonyms: flexibility, pliability, suppleness
- Antonyms: rigidity, fragility, vulnerability
- Usage: “nylon is excellent in wear ability, abrasion resistance and resilience”
3. Apparent (Adjective) –
- Meaning: clearly visible or understood; obvious.
- Synonyms: evident, plain, obvious
- Antonyms: unclear, obscure
- Usage: “for no apparent reason she laughed”
4. Touted (Verb) –
- Meaning: attempt to persuade people of the merits of.
- Synonyms: commend, endorse, praise
- Antonyms: forgotten, suppressed
- Usage: “she was touted as a potential Prime Minister”
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5. Amount of money demanded by kidnappers – Ransom
6. To supply land with water by artificial means – Irrigate
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7. (A) Penculiar (B) Peculier (C) Peculiar (D) Pecueliar
8. (A) Sufficient (B) Suficient (C) Sufficiant (D) Suffiscient
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9. All set:
- Meaning: – If you’re all set, you are ready for something.
- Example: – John put on his helmet and he was all set for the motorcycle race.
10. Brass monkey:
- Meaning: – If it’s brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold.
- Example: – According to Al Roker next week’s weather is going to be so cold, that it’llbe real brass monkey weather.
