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1. Sops (Noun)
- Definition: A thing of no great value given or done as a concession to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met.
- Synonyms: drench, drown, soak, sodden
- Antonyms: dehumidify, Desiccate, Dry, Parch, Sear
- Usage: The interim budget casts away established conventions and targets votes with sops.
2. Expedient (Adjective) –
- Definition: (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.
- Synonyms: Convenient, Advantageous,
- Antonyms: Inexpedient, Ill-advised
- Usage: As election-eve budgets go, Interim Budget 2019-20 n1ust rank as one of the most politically
expedient ones this country has seen.
3. Stockpile (Noun) –
- Definition: Accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials).
- Synonyms: Amass, Accumulate, Hoard, Cache, Collect, Gather
- Antonyms: Cast, Discard, Ditch, Dump
- Usage: Shifting geo-politics also requires that European concerns be factored into strategic discussions on the INF, particularly because it is Europe that is most immediately threatened by the Russian stockpile.
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4. Full of criticism or mockery – Satire
5. Body of singers – Choir
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6. (A) Immediatly (B) Immidiately (C) Immedietely (D) Immediately
7. (A) Sychology (B) Psycology (C) Sychologie (D) Psychology
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
8. Ace up your sleeve:
- Meaning:- To have a secret plan, idea, or advantage that can be utilized if and when it is required. A reference to cheating at a card game by hiding a favourable card up one’s sleeve.
- Example:- A powerful and often secret weapon, advantage, etc., that can be used if it is needed The n1ayor’s popularity among elderly voters gives him an ace up his sleeve for the coming election.
9. Barkis is willing
- Meaning:- This idiom means that someone is willing to get married.
- Example:- A: “Are you ready for the race today?”
B: “Oh yeah! Barkis is willin’!”
