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1. Deceleration (Noun) –
- Definition: Reduction in speed or rate.
- Synonyms: Brake, Retard, Slacken, Slow
- Antonyms: Accelerate, Hasten, Hurry, Quicken
- Usage: she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone
2. Churning (Noun) –
- Meaning: to rise and fall rhythmically or spasmodically, sometimes violently;
- Synonyms: eddying, surging ,billowing, agitating, boiling, seething, swirling, effervescing
- Antonyms: ethereal ,insubstantial, subtle, vaporous, freezing
- Usage: This churning may even lead to genuine reflection among healthcare providers.
3. Nudge (noun)
- Meaning: To coax or gently encourage (someone) to do something; To drive spiritually or urge someone on; Have a specified relationship with another thing or person in terms of nature or quality,
- Synonyms: encourage, inspire ,motivate, prompt prod, urge ,encourage ,compare ,correlate ,match
- Antonyms: discourage ,dissuade pull, repress, abstain, manhandle, refrain
- Usage: Will lessons learnt during the epidemic nudge us towards rational and ethical care?
4. Skirmish (noun) –
- Meaning: an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets.
- Synonyms: Confrontation, Conflict, Fight
- Antonyms: Peace, truce, Unanimity
- Usage: If such skirmishes normally follow the melting of snowlines, for example, then why was the LAC not adequately manned
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5. The place where the people can get food or refreshment- Restaurant
6. The refreshment hall in a monastery- Refectory
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7. (A) Binuculars (B) Binoculers (C) Binucoulars (D) Binoculars
8. (A) Ambulence (C) Ambulense (B) Ambulanse (D) Ambulance
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9. Rags to riches
- Meaning – Becoming very rich while starting very poor.
- Example- His innovative ideas in business got him from rags to riches
10. Place in the sun
- Meaning – Finding a place in the sun refers to a position which provides you all the success and happiness you want in your life.
- Example – Getting married into the renowned business family in the town, she found a place in the sun.
