(VOCABULARY)
1. Aloof (Adj) –
- Meaning: unsociable and unfriendly; slow to reveal emotion or opinions; showing contempt or lack of respect Having an exaggerated perception of one’s positive qualities
- Synonyms: detached, distant, remote, swell headed, conceited, unsociable and unfriendly
- Antonyms: friendly, warm, sociable
- Usage: Testing levels are very low in Bihar, and Mr. Kumar has remained aloof.
2. Imbues (Adj) –
- Meaning: To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality; To spread through, causing a gradual change; To teach with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology
- Synonyms: inculcate, infuse, saturate
- Antonyms: indoctrinate drain, take out, neglect, abort
- Usage: The social contract which imbues a centralised sovereign with overreaching powers has clearly failed on this occasion,
3. Relegate (noun)-
- Meaning: To exile, banish, remove, or send away; To assign an inferior rank or position to; To direct the attention of someone to; To allow others the use of one’s possessions
- Synonyms: refer, direct, delegate, share, lend, trust, downgrade, lower, exile, banish
- Antonyms: promote, upgrade, allow, permit, dissuade, end
- Usage: the Chinese aggression now, has forced the BJP to abandon any plans it may have had to relegate Mr.Kumar to a subsidiary role in the State.
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4. The emblems or insignia of royalty- Regalia
5. A large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored- Wardrobe
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6. (A) Cuntemporaries (B) Contemporeries (C) Contumporaries (D) Contemporaries
7. (A) Effiminate (B) Effeminete (C) Efueminate (D) Effeminate
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
8. Circling the drain:
- Meaning: If someone is circling the drain, they are very near death and have little time to live. The phrase can also describe a project or plan or campaign that that is on the brink of failure.
- Example: The company’s closure was inevitable, as it has been circling the drain for the last six months.
