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1. Brooked (verb)-
- Meaning: to consider or give serious or careful thought to ; To have tolerated
- Synonyms: entertained, considered, contemplated, tolerated, approved, beared
- Antonyms: abhorred, disfavored, disapproved
- Usage: Coining from an ordinary person, how can such a challenge ever be brooked?
2.Unwittingly (verb) –
- Meaning: In an accidental manner ; having no knowledge of a situation or fact ; lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgment
- Synonyms: innocently, naively, ingenuously, ignorantly, unconsciously, inadvertently, accidentally
- Antonyms: advisedly, knowingly, intentionally
- Usage: He unwittingly made the mistake of questioning the command of the local tyrant
3. Flogged (noun) –
- Meaning: To have dispossessed someone of something ; to lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument ; to work arduously in pursuit of an aim or goal
- Synonyms: strained, pushed, stole, pilfered, purloined, whipped, lashed, scourged
- Antonyms: guarded, protected, conserved,
- Usage: The Tablighi Jamaat was mercilessly flogged, especially by certain people and sections of the electronic media, in order to profile Muslims adversely. Flogged in an enclosed public space, their bloodied bodies must have been brought to the hospital in full public glare,
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4. The sound of Birds –Twitter
5. The scientific study of the structure and diseases of teeth- Odontology
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6. (A) Dectylology (B) Dactieology (C) Dicteolology (D) Dactylology
7. (A) Virtouso (B) Vertuoso (C) Vartuoso (D) Virtuoso
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8. Oldest trick in the book
- Meaning: A well known and much used trick/method
- Example: Oldest trick in the book to treat cold and cough is drinking turmeric milk.
9. Wave a dead chicken
- Meaning: Do some useless, unhelpful thing in the hope that it will solve a problem
- Example: Restarting the laptop once the motherboard has crashed is like waving a dead chicken.
