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1. Alleviating (Verb) –
- Meaning: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
- Synonyms: reduce, ease, relieve
- Antonyms: aggravate, infla1ne, foment
- Usage: “he couldn’t prevent her pain, only alleviate it”
2. Combat (Verb)-
- Meaning: take action to reduce or prevent (something bad or undesirable).
- Synonyms: fight, battle against, do battle with
- Antonyms: give in to, entrust, cede, handover
- Usage: ” an effort to combat drug trafficking
3. Sedition (Noun) –
- Meaning: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
- Synonyms: revolt, insurrection, rioting
- Antonyms: calm, obedience, peace
- Usage: The false accusations we heard in the news 1nedia last week incite sectarian sedition.
4. Incitement (Noun)
- Meaning: the action of provoking unlawful behaviour or urging son1eone to behave unlawfully.
- Synonyms: egging on, urging, goading
- Antonyms: deterrent, hindrance, impediment
- Usage: “this amounted to an incitement to commit murder”
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5. A gathering at a religious place –Congregation
6. Imposed a restriction on – Constrained
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7 . (A) Incunven1ence (B) Inconveniance (C) Inconvenience (D) Inconveneince
8. (A) Adventage (B) Advantage (C) Advantege (D) Advantige
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9. Draw the line:
- Meaning: When you draw the line, you set out limits of what you find acceptable, beyond which you will not go.
- Example: I don’t mind 1ny roommate being a bit messy, but leaving dirty dishes for 1ne to clean up is where I draw the line!
10. Dress someone down:
- Meaning: If you dress so1neone down, you scold them.
- Example: The boss will definitely dress down the person who messed up this report.
