(VOCABULARY)
1. Caucuses (Noun)
- Meaning: a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.
- Synonyms: meeting, assembly, gathering
- Antonyms: agreement, conformity, entirety
- Usage: “Hawaii holds its nominating caucuses next Tuesday”
2. Bellicose (Adjective)
- Meaning: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
- Synonyms: belligerent, aggressive, hostile
- Antonyms: peaceable, peaceful, peaceloving, peace-minded
- Usage: “a mood of bellicose jingoism”
3. Ferment (Noun)
- Meaning: agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence.
- Synonyms: fever, furore, frenzy
- Antonyms: peacefulness, quiet, tranquility
- Usage: “a period of political and religious ferment”
4. Wrangling (Verb)
- Meaning: have a long, complicated dispute or argument
- Synonyms: argue, quarrel, row
- Antonyms: agree, Symbolize, accord, fall in, consent
- Usage: “the bureaucrats continue wrangling over the fine print”
(ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. Loss of me1nory – Amnesia
6. A speech made without preparation – Extempore
(MISSPELT WORDS)
7. (A) Accomodate (B) Acommodate (C) Accommodate (D) Accommodete
8. (A) Questionaine (B) Questionnaire (C) Questionnair (D) Questionair
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. At sea:
- Meaning:- If things are at sea, or all at sea, they are disorganized and chaotic.
- Example:- When the teacher asked him a question about the subject, he was at sea.
10. Back burner:
- Meaning:-If an issue is on the back burner, it is being given low priority.
- Example:- The assignment is on the back burner while I concentrate on writting this play
