(VOCABULARY)
1. Embargo (Noun)
- Definition: An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
- Synonyms: Ban, Interdict, Interdiction, Prohibition, Proscription, Veto
- Antonyms: Prescription, Sufferance, Tolerance, Toleration
- Usage: Saudi Arabia is upset that Oman and Kuwait did not join the e1nbargo.
2. Avert (Verb) –
- Definition: Tum away (one’s eyes or thoughts).
- Synonyms: Prevent, Stop, Avoid
- Antonyms: Abet, Aid, Assist
- Usage: The strong support among citizens of all countries for urgent action to avert dangerous cli1nate change.
3. Furore (Noun) –
- Definition: An outbreak of public anger or excitement.
- Synonyms: Commotion, Uproar, Outc1y, Disturbance
- Antonyms: Calm, Calmness, Peace
- Usage: The store’s going-out-of-business sale caused such a furore that security guards had to be called in to restore order.
4. Palpable (Adjective) –
- Definition: (of a feeling or atinosphere) so intense as to seem ahnost tangible.
- Synonyms: Perceptible, Perceivable, Visible, Noticeable, Appreciable
- Antonyms: Intangible, Imperceptible
- Usage: A palpable sense of loss.
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5. Careful or thorough enqui1y – Investigation
6. A collection of angels – Host
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7. (A) Hyprephysical (B) Hyperrphysical (C) Hyperphysicle (D) Hyperphysical
8. (A) Inttimidate (B) Intimmidate (C) Intemidate (D) Intimidate
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9. Hit the nail on the head
- Meaning: To do or say exactly the right thing.
- Example: You’ve spotted the flaw, Robert. You’ve hit the nail on the head.
10. Get the sho,v on the road
- Meaning – Putting up a plan or idea into action.
- Example – Now that we have completed all the legal formalities, let’s get the show on the road.
