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1. dilettante (verb) –
- Meaning: Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur
- Synonyms: inexpert, amateur, amateurish, unskilled
- Antonyms: ace, adept, consummate, crackerjack
- Usage: I’m a dilettante, a dabbler, and it was easy for many years to let that keep me on the sidelines.
2. Adage (noun) –
- Meaning: An old saying which has obtained credit by long use
- Synonyms: aphorism, axiom, dictum, maxim, precept
- Antonyms: absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness
- Usage: In line with the old adage, things did get worse around here before they got better.
3. Ebullient (Adj) –
- Meaning: Cheerful and full of energy; Effusive and often emotional;
- Synonyms: gushy, effusive, fulsome, emotional, exuberant, buoyant, cheery, elated
- Antonyms: depressed, apathetic, disinterested
- Usage; Hutt was usually ebullient but this time, he came to my office, and he was in a down mood.
4. Alacrity –
- Meaning: speed and eagerness
- Synonyms: rapidness, rapidity, swiftness, quickness
- Antonyms: dullness, inertia, lethargy, reluctance
- Usage: Dillingham pointed out that in certain cases the FAA has acted with alacrity.
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5. A box or cage, typically with a wire mesl1 front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals- Hutch
6. A place where wild animal live-Lair
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7. (A) Flotilia (B) Flutilla (C) Fluetilla (D) Flotilla
8. (A) Damagogue (B) Demegogue (C) Demagugue (D) Demagogue
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9. Cover all the bases:
- Meaning: If you cover all the bases, you deal with all aspects of a situation or issue, or anticipate all possibilities. (‘Cover all bases’ is also used.)
- Example: I covered all the bases by applying to 15 colleges.
