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1. Thrash –
- Definition: Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip
- Synonyms: Hit, . Beat, Flog, Whip, . Horsewhip
- Antonyms: Fail, Fall, Get The Worst of, Go Down, Go Under, Surrender
- Usage: When it lost this, London questioned the court’s jurisdiction and Mauritius’s version of how the deal had been thrashed out?
2. Baby-sit –
- Definition: look after a child or children while the parents are out.
- Synonyms: Suckle, Feed, Nurse, Support, Reclaim, Baby-Sit
- Antonyms: Miss, Neglect, Overlook, Disregard, Forget, Ignore
- Usage: I was asked to babysit for the Alatas children and although I wasn’t too keen on watching over a toddler, I had accepted.
3. Promulgate –
- Definition: Promote or make widely known ( an idea or cause).
- Synonyms: Publicize, Spread, Communicate, Propagate
- Antonyms: Conceal, Hush (up), Silence, Suppress
- Usage: President Ram Nath Kovind has promulgated the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance.
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4. A large burial ground – Cemetery
5. To supply land with water by artificial means- Irrigate
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6. (A) Penculiar (B) Peculier (C) Peculiar (D) Pecueliar
7. (A) Sufficient (B) Suficient (C) Sufficiant (D) Suffiscient
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8. Alive and kicking:
- Meaning:- If something is active and doing well, it is alive and kicking. (It can be used for people too.)
- Example:- John’s completely recovered; he’s alive and kicking.
9. Brass monkey:
- Meaning: – If it’s brass monkey weather, or cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, it is extremely cold.
- Example:-According to Al Roker next week’s weather is going to be so cold, that it’ll be real brass monkey weather.
