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1. Ostensibly (verb) –
- Meaning: Seemingly, apparently, on the surface; easily perceived, understood or believed; unnatural, artificial or fake in nature; Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty
- Synonyms: obviously. Plainly. Evidently. Seemingly. Supposedly. Ostensively. Perhaps, maybe, conceivably
- Antonyms: fakely, falsely, bogusly, spuriously, improbably, obscurely, vaguely, possibly
- Usage: This ostensibly supportive decision has become controversial
2. Calibrated (verb) –
- Meaning: To have measured the quantitative amount of something; to give a grade to; to measure the time taken by a process or activity; to check or adjust by comparison with a standard
- Synonyms: timed clocked ,counted ,graded, classified, determined ,measured, calculated, adjusted, attuned
- Antonyms: estimated, guessed, approximated, damaged, deregulated, tumbled, dislocated
- Usage: The issue of reopening schools in a calibrated manner must, therefore, be addressed soon, but based mainly on epidemiological evidence.
3. Skewed (noun) –
- Meaning: Slanted, curled or bending to one side; Not in a straight or level position; to bias or distort in a particular direction; cause to change direction abruptly; to distort or influence in a negative way
- Synonyms: Corrupted, depraved, veered, deviated, biased ,crookedly, aslant
- Antonyms: even level, straight, symmetrical, perfect, regular
- Usage: The alternative, of remote and online learning opportunities, is skewed by economic status and geography.
4. Maxim (adj) –
- Meaning: A pithy expression of a general principle or rule
- Synonyms: phrases, shibboleth, epigraph, quotation
- Antonyms: activity, execution, doing, implementation, movement, ambiguity
- Usage: It is probably a wise maxim in any democracy
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5. A violent storm – Tempest
6. A child born after the death of his father – Posthumous child
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7. (A ) Knowlez (B) Knoledge (C) Knowladge (D) Knowledge
8. (A) Particularly (B) Perticularly (C) Particulurly (D) Perticulurly
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9. All along:
- Meaning:- If you have known or suspected so1nething all along, then you have felt this from the beginning.
- Example:- He has said all along that he wanted, still wants, to be an actor.
10. Off-hand:
- Meaning:- Off-hand means without preparation. People say that they don’t know the answer off-hand, meaning that they don’t know it at that time.
- Example:- Removed from one’s responsibility. I never would have finished the project on time if Bill has not taken that part off my hands.
