(VOCABULARY)
1. Protracted (Adjective) –
- Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
- Synonyms: prolonged, extended, stretched out
- Antonyms: brief, short, nearby, closely
- Usage: ”a protracted and bitter dispute”
2. Indicted (Verb) –
- Meaning: formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
- Synonyms: summons, cite
- Antonyms: acquit, release, liberalize, make free
- Usage: ”his former manager was indicted for fraud”
3. Oust (Verb) –
- Meaning: drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.
- Synonyms: expel, force out, throw out
- Antonyms: accept, allow, appoint
- Usage: ”the reformists were ousted from power”
4. Splintering (Verb) –
- Meaning: break or cause to break into small sharp fragments.
- Synonyms: shatter, spall, chip, screed
- Antonyms: unification, union
- Usage: ”the soap box splintered”
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5. A thing fit to be eaten – Edible
6. A song sung at the death of a person – Elegy
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7. (A) Lammentations (B) Lamentasions (C) Lamentetions (D) Lamentations
8. (A) Condollence (B) Condolence (C) Condolance (D) Cundolence
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Cut a rug:
- Meaning: To cut a rug is to dance
- Example: It was hard to find a spot on the dance floor with so many other couples cutting a rug.
10. Cross to bear :
- Meaning: If someone has a cross to bear, they have a heavy burden of responsibility or a problem that they alone must cope with.
- Example: When Nancy’s husband passed away, she was left with quite a cross to bear having to raise four children on her own.
