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1. Diatribe (Noun) –
- Meaning: A long angry speech or scolding; a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
- Synonyms: Harangue, Jeremiad, Philippic, Rant, Tirade
- Antonyms: Encomium, Eulogy, Panegyric, Rhapsody, Tribute
- Usage: His diatribe against what he calls a “ridiculous partisan” investigation against him is an indication
2. Disruptive (Adjective) –
- Meaning: Causing or tending to cause disruption.
- Synonyms: Innovative, Inventive, Ingenious, Original
- Antonyms: Unimaginative, Conservative, pedantic
- Usage: The arrival of these technologies might deeply frustrate strategic stability as we know it given their disruptive nature. (Disruptive – causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual: His teacher described him as a noisy, disruptive influence in class.)
3. Fledgling (Verb) –
- Meaning: a person or organization that is imn1ature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped.
- Synonyms: emerging, emergent, arising
- Antonyms: declining, mature, ripening,
- Usage: “the country’s fledgling democracy”
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4. A large bundle bound for storage or transport-Bale
5. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose-Clique
6. A funeral procession-Cortege
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7. (A) Assaier (B) Asayer (C) Assuyer (D) Assayer
8. (A) Tenderherted (B) Tenderhurted(C) Tendurhearted (D) Tenderhearted
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9. Bit between your teeth:
- Meaning: If you take or have the bit between your teeth, you take or have control of a situation. (Bit = piece of metal in a horse’s mouth)
- Example: Once Sophie gets the bit between her teeth, she’s the best student in my class.
10. Bigger fish to fry:
- Meaning: If you aren’t interested in something because it isn’t important to you and there are more i1nportant things for you to do, you have bigger fish to fry.
- Example: I want Chris to help me with this project, but he claims he has bigger fish to fry right now.