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1. Rattle
- Meaning: To make a series of short sharp noises
- Synonyms: convulse, agitate, shatter, vibrate
- Antonyms: appease, placate, soothe calm
- Usage: An unexpected heat jarred her to her core, and the earth beneath her feet shook violently enough to rattle her teeth.
2. Insular
- Meaning: Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience
- Synonyms: ignorant, narrow minded, provincial, parochial, petty, blinkered.
- Antonyms: broad-minded, tolerant, cosmopolitan, liberal, open-minded
- Usage: Countries are turning more insular.
3. Pertain
- Meaning: Be appropriate, related, or applicable to
- Synonyms: apply, bear, refer, regard, relate
- Antonyms: disconnect, disjoin, divide.
- Usage: The aim of the society is to promote genealogy and local history particularly pertaining to the Biddulph area.
4. Punctilious –
- Meaning: Showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour
- Synonyms: fastidious, meticulous, assiduous, stilted, accurate, pedantic, studious,
- Antonyms: laidback, perfunctory, slipshod, nonchalant (unconcerned)
- Usage: He is an honest and very punctilious German
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5. A man who has more than one wife at a time – Polygamist
6. One who deals in flower – A florist
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7.(A) Streem (B) Stream (C) Strream (D) Straem
8. (A) Transslation (B) Translation (C) Transletion (D) Transllation
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9. Damp squib:
- Meaning: If something is expected to have a great effect or impact but doesn’t, it is a damp squib.
- Example: The film got a lot of hype, but I thought it was a bit of a damp squib.
10. Dog in the manger:
- Meaning: (UK) If someone acts like a dog in the manger, they don’t want other people to have or enjoy things that are useless to them.
- Example: The toddler, like a dog in the manger, refused to give her older sister the notebook she needed to complete her school assignment.
