(VOCABULARY)
1. Pandemic (Noun) –
- Meaning: prevalent over a whole country or the world.
- Synonyms: widespread, prevalent, pervasive
- Antonyms: exclusive, extraordinary, incomplete
- Usage: The WHO announces COYID-19 as pandemic.
2. Maladies (Noun) –
- Meaning: a disease or ailment.
- Synonyms: illness, sickness, ailment
- Antonyms: health, wellness, comfort
- Usage: “an incurable malady”
3. Detrimental (Adjective) –
- Meaning: tending to cause harm.
- Synonyms: harmful, damaging, injurious
- Antonyms: benign, beneficial, profitable
- Usage: “recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people”
4. Miscreant (Noun) –
- Definition: A person who has done something wrong or unlawful.
- Synonyms: Criminal, Culprit, Wrongdoer, Malefactor,
- Antonyms: Innocent, Saint
- Usage: These unregulated schemes have also been misused by some miscreants.
(ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. Continuing for a long period of time without interruption – Perpetual
6. A place where astronomical observations are 1nade – Observatory
7. One who is rather fastidious – Meticulous
(MISSPELT WORDS)
8. (A) Gerietrics (B) Geriatriccs (C) Geriatrics (D) Geriattrics
9. (A) Tautology (B) Toutology (C) Tautulogy (D) Tautoulogy
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
10. Bits and bobs:
- Meaning: Bits and bobs are small, remnant articles and things- the same as odds and ends
- Example: I’m almost finished, I just have a few bits and bobs to do around the house before we leave.
11. Best of both worlds:
- Meaning: If you have the best of both worlds you benefit from different things that do not normally go together.
- Example: We hope that by forming a bipartisan committee we will be able form a body that represents the best of both worlds.
