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1. brooked (verb)
- Meaning: to consider or give serious or careful thought to ; To have tolerated
- Synonyms: entertained, considered, contemplated, tolerated, approved, beared
- Antonyms: abho1Ted, disfavoured, disapproved
- Usage: Coming from an ordinary person, how can such a challenge ever be brooked?
2. Unwittingly (verb)-
- Meaning: In an accidental manner ; having no knowledge of a situation or fact ; lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgment
- Synonyms: innocently, naively, ingenuously, ignorantly, unconsciously, inadvertently, accidentally
- Antonyms: advisedly, knowingly, intentionally
- Usage: He unwittingly made the mistake of questioning the command of the loca .tyrant.
3. flogged (noun)-
- Meaning: To have dispossessed someone of something ; to lash or strike repeatedly, especially with a long pliable instrument ; to work arduously in pursuit of an aim or goal
- Synonyms: strained, pushed, stole, pilfered, purloined, whipped, lashed, scourged
- Antonyms: guarded, protected, conserved
- Usage: The Tablighi Jamaat was mercilessly flogged, especially by certain people and sections of the electronic media, in order to profile Muslims adversely. Flogged in an enclosed public space, their bloodied bodies must have been brought to the hospital in full public glare,
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4. An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill- Asylum
5. A Christian community of nuns living together under monastic vows- Convent
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6. (A) Cunstellation (B) Constellution (C) Constellation (D) Constelletion
7. (A) Comoissier (B) Connoissuor (C) Connoissuer (D) Connoisseur
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8. Acid Test
- Meaning- Acid test proves the effectiveness of something.
- Example – I practiced hard at the dance sessions but the acid test will come when the master will assess our solo performances.
9. Cut the ground from under feet
- Meaning-When you cut the ground from under someone’s feet, you do something which weakens their position.
- Example- When tean1 India hit more than 350 runs in the ODI, they cut the ground from under the opponent’s feet.
