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1. Exigencies (noun)
- Meaning: an urgent need or demand.
- Synonyms: need ,demand, requirement, want, necessity, essential, requisite
- Antonyms: frivolousness, triviality, levity, flightiness
- Usage: But here, at home, some courts have not found the time to seek an explanation for the police brutality writ large, but heartlessly shrouded in the exigencies of the Covid-19 lockdown.
2. Shrouded (verb) –
- Meaning: cover or envelop so as to conceal from view.
- Synonyms: swathe, cloak, obscure disguise
- Antonyms: conspicuous, stand out, distinct,
- Usage: But here, at home, some courts have not found the time to seek an explanation for the police brutality writ large, but heartlessly shrouded in the exigencies of the Covid-19 lockdown.
3. Aggrieved (adj) –
- Meaning: feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated.
- Synonyms: resentful, affronted, indignant, disgruntled, discontented, distressed, anguished
- Antonyms: pleased, soothe, placid
- Usage: Far from reaching out to the aggrieved student body, the police have issued notices to dozens of them.
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4. A particular method of working – Modus Operandi
5. Specially skilled in story telling – A raconteur
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6. (A) Sledgehamer (B) Sledgehimmer (C) Slidghammer (D) Sledgehammer
7. (A) Mercyless (B) Merciless (C) Merrciless (D) Marciless
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8. Country mile:
- Meaning: A country mile is used to describe a long distance.
- Example: We’ve driven so far, and I still don’t see the silo anywhere. Maybe the farmer was referring to a country mile when he said it was ‘just a mile away.’
