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1. Taint (verb) –
- Meaning: A physical trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality; An imperfection, fault or bad name associated with s0meone
- Synonyms: stain, blot, smear, spot, blemish, defect, fault, flaw
- Antonyms: advantage, benefit, blank, cleanliness, pureness
- Usage: The taint of uncertainty and danger in the region, while it remains, will continue to have a
negative effect on investor sentiment.
2. Doomed (verb) –
- Meaning: Certain to be or do something; On the point of death; Wrongly or badly planned or judged, typically because of faulty understanding
- Synonyms: misconceived, flawed, ill-conceived, dying, moribund, expiring, destined fated, certain, foreordained
- Antonyms: lucky, blessed, happy, avoidable, distant, creating, developing, growing
- Usage: They say that those who fail to learn fron1 history are doomed to repeat trite sayings.
3. Deportment (verb) –
- Meaning: One’s manner of presenting oneself; Behaviour in keeping with good taste and propriety; The action of forcing someone to leave an organization ; a particular appearance or quality
- Synonyms: expulsion, banishment, dismissal, decoru1n, decency, propriety, bearing, carriage, comportment, manner
- Antonyms: impoliteness, rudeness, bad manners, impropriety, disorganization, whole, entirety, body
- Usage: The comparison child was observed as a control for the level of activity and expectations for deportn1ent in the particular classroom.
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4. A funeral procession- Cortege
5. A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body- Drove
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6. (A) lncliment (B) lncleament (C) lncliement (D) Inclement
7. (A) Expedeint (B) Expidient (C) Expedent (D) Expedient
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8. Chop and change:
- Meaning: If things chop and change, they keep changing, often unexpectedly.
- Example: When we chop and change this 1nuch, it frustrates our customers. We need to set a schedule and stick to it.
9. Circling the drain:
- Meaning: If someone is circling the drain, they are very near death and have little time to live. The phrase can also describe a project or plan or campaign that that is on the brink of failure.
- Example: The company’s closure was inevitable, as it has been circling the drain for the last six months.
