(VOCABULARY)
1. Sustainable (Adjective) –
- Definition: Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
- Synonyms: Defendable, Defensible, Justifiable, Maintainable
- Antonyms: Indefensible, Insupportable, Unjustifiable
- Usage: A line of argument that is probably not sustainable in a public forum against skilled debaters.
2. Trailing (Verb) –
- Definition: draw or be drawn along behind someone or something.
- Synonyms: drag, sweep, be drawn, draw, strea1n
- Antonyms: guiding, leading, piloting, advancing
- Usage: “Alex trailed a hand through the clear water”
3. Spurn (Verb) –
- Definition: Reject with disdain or contempt.
- Synonyms: Refuse, Decline, Reject, Rebuff, Scorn
- Antonyms: Condone, Countenance, Swallow
- Usage: He spoke gruffly, as if afi·aid that his invitation would be spurned.
4. Evict (Verb) –
- Definition: Expel (someone) from a prope1ty, especially with the support of the law.
- Synonyms: Expel, Eject, Oust, Remove, Dislodge
- Antonyms: Admit
- Usage: A single mother and her children have been evicted from their home.
(ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. To destroy completely – Annihilate
6· Rub or wipe out – Efface
(MISSPELT WORDS)
7. (A) Interregnom (B) Interreginum (C) Interrignum (D) Interregnum
8. (A) Siesmograph (B) Sessmograph (C) Sessmograph (D) Seismograph
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Wide off the mark
- Meaning: Inco1Tect; Inadequate; Not what is expected
- Example: Her answer was wide off the mark; it was impossible for 1ne to give a better rating to it.
10. Wet behind the ears
- Meaning: Inexperienced and in1mature
- Example: Instead of a fulltime job, she should be offered an internship as she is still wet behind the ears
