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1. Deteriorate –
- Meaning: become progressively worse.
- Synonyms: worsen, get worse, decline
- Antonyms: improve, reform, better
- Usage: “relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply”
2. Nadir –
- Meaning: the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation.
- Synonyms: rock-bottom, the depths
- Antonyms: zenith, acme, peak, summit, pinnacle
- Usage: “asking that question was the nadir of my career”
3. Shambles –
- Meaning: a state of total disorder.
- Synonyms: chaos, mess, muddle
- Antonyms: orderliness, calm, harmony
- Usage: “my career was in a shambles”
4. Daunting –
- Meaning: seeming difficult to deal with in prospect; intimidating.
- Synonyms: intimidating, formidable, disconcerting
- Antonyms: encouraging, heartening
- Usage: “a daunting task”
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5. Artistic, musical or dramatic interpretation –Rendition
6. Something that is difficult to understand –Incomprehensible
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7. (A) Compllicated (B) Complicated (C) Cumplicated (D) Complecated
8. (A) Unsaerchable (B) Unsearchable (C) Unsearcheble (D) Unsearchabe
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9. Collect dust
- Meaning: To be in a state of disuse for a prolonged period of time.
- Example: My father has lots of old trinkets and memorabilia collecting dust in the attic.
10. Come up trumps:
- Meaning: When someone is said to have ‘come up trumps’, they have completed an activity successfully or produced a good result, especially when they were not expected to.
- Example: After our gig got canceled, I came up trumps by finding our band an even better one!
