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1. Bolster (Verb) –
- Meaning: support or strengthen.
- Synonyms: strengthen, support, reinforce
- Antonyms: undermine, debilitate, weaken, disable,
- Usage: “the fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence”
2. Quandary (Noun) –
- Meaning: a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.
- Synonyms: dilemma, plight, predicament
- Antonyms: advantage, boon, certainty
- Usage: “Kate was in a quandary”
3. Souvenirs (Noun) –
- Meaning: a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event.
- Synonyms: memento, keepsake, reminder
- Antonyms: forgotten
- Usage: “the recording provides a souvenir of a great production”
4. Expertise (Noun) –
- Meaning: expert skill or knowledge in a particular field.
- Synonyms: skill, skilfulness, expertness
- Antonyms: incompetence
- Usage: “technical expertise”
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5. Introductory part or lines to a discourse or play – Prologue
6. Drug which causes people to sleep early – Soporific
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7. (A) Hiepnotic (B) Hypnotic (C) Hypnoticc (D) Hipnotic
8. (A) Intosicating (B) Intocsicating (C) Intoxsicating (D) Intoxicating
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9. Break ground:
- Meaning: If you break ground, or break new ground, you make progress, taking things into a new area or going further than anyone has gone before. ‘Ground-breaking’ is used an adjective.
- Example: They broke ground on the new corporate headquarters today, but it will be years before we can actually move into it.
