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1. Swagger (verb)-
- Meaning: To (excessively) boast about one’s accomplishments, qualities, or possessions; To move around or sideways unsteadily
- Synonyms: boast, brag, bluster, roll, lurch, sway
- Antonyms: creep, deprecate, suppress, crush
- Usage: the men of swagger from the Caribbean islands snatched a four wicket victory.
2. Rippled (Adj) –
- Meaning: to move or proceed with a given movement or momentum; to move in a twisting or spiraling pattern; to wear away or cause damage through applied friction; disturb the smoothness or tranquillity of.
- Synonyms: fluctuated fretted, eroded, frayed, ruffled, riffled, roughened
- Antonyms: remained, stayed, left alone, smooth
- Usage: A blend of joy and relief rippled through the cricketing world last Sunday
3. Spawned (Verb)-
- Meaning: To come into being or have its starting point at a certain time or place; Something that is visually identical to something else
- Synonyms: generate, breed, effect, begin, start, transpire, replication, carbon, clone
- Antonyms: die, perish, demise, killed, maimed
- Usage: Chinese cyber bullying of a Thai film star spawned a new “Milk Tea Alliance.
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4. A heavy continuous fall of rain – Downpour
5. A game in which no one wins – Drawn
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6. (A) Recomend (B) Recco1nmend (C) Recommend (D) Ricommend
7. (A) Rhythmical (B) Rhythemical (C) Rhythimical (D) Rhythmecal
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8. Cast aspersion:
- Meaning: – If you cast aspersion, you try to blacken someone’s name and make people think badly of them.
- Example: – I’m sorry to cast aspersions on Julie, but her work ethic is really terrible.
9. Change your tune:
- Meaning: – If someone changes their ideas or the way they talk about them, they change their tune.
- Example: – The mention of a hefty tip really changed the host’s tune, so I think he’ll be able to find us a table after all.
