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1. brinkmanship (noun)
- Meaning: the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.
- Synonyms: 1nanoeuvring, politicking
- Antonyms: tediousness, languor, ennui.
- Usage: After months of brinkmanship, India and Nepal have brought their relations to the edge of a precipice(a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one).
2. flinched (verb) –
- Meaning: Make a quick, nervous movement, especially as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise
- Synonyms: winced, cringed, blenched, recoiled, started, quailed, quaked
- Antonyms: confront, defaced, forged, met, remained, stayed
- Usage: The Modi government has in the past not flinched from taking tough measures, including the 2015 blockade that severely affected India’s land-locked neighbour.
3. Oblique (Noun) –
- Definition: not expressed or done in a direct way.
- Synonyms: indirect, inexplicit, roundabout, circuitous
- Antonyms: direct, explicit
- Usage: “he issued an oblique attack on the President”
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4. An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a – Reflex
5. Something that is difficult to understand – Incomprehensible
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6. (A) Fascinate (B) Fascienate (C) Fescinate (D) Fescienate
7. (A) Tumoultuous (B) Tumultuoss (C) Tumultuous (D) Tumultuouss
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8. Come up trumps:
- Meaning: When someone is said to have ‘come up trumps’, they have completed an activity successfully or produced a good result, especially when they were not expected to.
- Example: After our gig got canceled, I came up trumps by finding our band an even better one!
9. State of the art:
- Meaning:- The most recent stage in the development of a product, incorporating the newest ideas and features.
- Example:- If something is state of the art, it is the most up-to-date model incorporating the latest and best
technology.
