(VOCABULARY)
1. Clutch (Verb) –
- Definition: grasp (so1nething) tightly
- Synonyms: grip, grasp, clasp, cling to
- Antonyms: abandon, disbelieve, forsake, free
- Usage: “he stood clutching a microphone”
2. Impel (Verb) –
- Definition: drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something.
- Synonyms: force, compel, constrain, oblige, necessitate
- Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, rebuff
- Usage: “financial difficulties i1npelled hin1 to desperate measures”
3. Asylum (Noun) –
- Definition: the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee.
- Synonyms: refuge, sanctuary, shelter, safety
- Antonyms: danger, peril, danger, riskiness, cast
- Usage: “she applied for asylum and was granted refugee status”
4. Multilateral (Adjective) –
- Definition: Agreed upon or participated in by three or more parties, especially the governments of different countries.
- Synonyms: Balance of trade, Fair-trading, Managed prices
- Antonyms: Unilateral
- Usage: Multilateral negotiations.
(ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a – Reflex
6. The place adjoining race-course where the horses are kept for racing- Paddock
7. A number of soldiers- Regiment
(MISSPELT WORDS)
8. (A) Influance (B) Inflluense (C) Influence (D) lnffluence
9. (A) Dimonstrator (B) Deinonstretor (C) Demonstrater (D) Demonstrator
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
10. Once in a blue moon
- Meaning: Very rarely
- Example: Jill has a very rocky relationship with her father. She speaks to hi1n once in a blue moon.
11. Reap the harvest
- Meaning: Benefit or suffer as a direct result of past actions.
- Example: When he cleared IIT-JEE, he reaped the harvest of all his hard work.
