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1. Proviso (Noun)
- Meaning: a condition or qualification attached to an agreement or statement.
- Synonyms: condition, stipulation, provision
- Antonyms: disqualification, inability, inaptitude
- Usage: “he let his house with the proviso that his own staff should remain to run it”
2. Pertaining (Verb) –
- Meaning: be appropriate, related, or applicable to.
- Synonyms: concern, relate to, be related to
- Antonyms: disconnected, unrelated, irrelevant
- Usage: “matters pertaining to the organization of government”
3. Acrimonious (Adjective) –
- Meaning: angry and bitter.
- Synonyms: bitter, rancorous, caustic
- Antonyms: unbitter, affable, amicable
- Usage: “an acrimonious dispute about wages”
4. Malevolent (Adjective)-
- Meaning: having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
- Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, hostile
- Antonyms: benevolent, magnanimous, undemanding
- Usage: “the glint of dark, malevolent eyes”
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5. A short trip or excursion – Jaunt
6. A group of three powerful people – Triumvirate
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7. (A) Sarround (B) Surround (C) Sorround (D) Surroud
8. (A) Zenophobia (B) Xenophobiya (C) Xenophobia (D) Xenofobia
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9. At each other’s throats:
- Meaning:– If people are at each other’s throats, they are fighting, arguing or competing ruthlessly.
- Example:- It was a very dramatic trial, with the prosecutor and the defense attorney constantly at each other’s throats.
10. Be true blue:
- Meaning:- If a person/object/situation is considered to be ‘true blue’, it is considered genuine.
- Example:- Loyal, faithful, as in You can count on her support; she’s true blue.
