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1. pastime –
- Meaning: an activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than work; a hobby.
- Synonyms: amusement, avocation, diversion, divertissement, distraction. Enthusiasm
- Antonyms: tediousness, languor, ennui.
- Usage: Since Independence, the load on this national pastime has exponentia increased.
2. lingering
- Meaning: lasting for a long time or slow to end.
- Synonyms: niggling, gnawing, lasting, residual, protracted, persistent, prolonged.
- Antonyms: short live, leave, intermittent
- Usage: Notwithstanding lingering criticism that the Supreme Court’s intervention, on its motion, may have come too late
3. Ameliorate –
- Meaning: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
- Synonyms: tweak, enhance, ease, redress
- Antonyms: worsen, deteriorate,
- Usage: the courts are making an effort to ameliorate their living conditions is an undoubted source of comfort and relief
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4. To put two and two together – Symbiosis
5. The period between two regions -Era
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6. (A) Lengtiness (B) Lengthines (C) Lengthiness (D) Langthiness
7. (A) Continaution (B) Countinuation (C) Cuontinuation (D) Continuation
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8. Dead to the world:
- Meaning: If somebody’s fast asleep and completely unaware of what if happening around them, he or she’s dead to the world.
- Example: Don’t worry, the vacuum won’t wake him-he’s dead to the world.
9. Don’t cry over spilt milk:
- Meaning: When something bad happens and nothing can be done to help it people say, ‘Don’t cry over spilt milk’.
- Example: Valarie’s car was badly damaged in the accident and he was angry about what had happened, but he soon realized that there was no use crying over spilt milk.
