(VOCABULARY)
1. hurtle –
- Meaning: Move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner
- Synonyms: blaze, blow, boogie, zoom, blast, run, stampede
- Antonyms: crawl, creep, poke, plod, slow
- Usage: Firefighters change enroute, as they bowl down the Byres Road or hurtle along the motorway.
2. Hegemony –
- Meaning: Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society.
- Synonyms: dominion, stewardship, sway, sovereignty, ascendance
- Antonyms: servility, subjection, subservience, yielding, surrender, impotence
- Usage: The Inda-Pacific has prospered under American hegemony for the previous 40 years
3. Malady –
- Meaning: a disease or ailment.
- Synonyms: illness, sickness, ailment
- Antonyms: health, wellness, comfort
- Usage: “an incurable malady”
4. Pawn –
- Meaning: Something deposited or pledged as a guarantee of the fulfillment of an undertaking or loan
- Synonyms: bail, deposit, warranty, indemnity, promise, contract, covenant
- Antonyms: uncertainty, breach, jeopardy, exposure.
- Usage: Instead of taking responsibility, take the credit and pawn the blame
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5. A gathering at a religious place – Congregation
6. Lasting for a very short time – Ephemeral
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7. (A) Dixtionary (B) Dictionary (C) Dictionery (D) Dictionury
8. (A) Terminulogy (C) Turminology (B) Terminology (D) Tarminology
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Deep pockets:
- Meaning: If someone has deep pockets, they are wealthy.
- Example: You will need deep pockets to turn this shabby old building into an attractive store.
10. eat like a bird
- Meaning: To not eat very much. The phrase evokes the image of a pecking bird.
- Example: Don’t worry about making extra food for Kim, she eats like a bird.
