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1.Antecedents –
- Meaning: a person’s ancestors or family and social background.
- Synonyms: ancestor, forefather, forebear
- Antonyms: descendant, cadent, descensive, descendant
- Usage: “her early life and antecedents have been traced”
2. Provocation –
- Meaning: action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.
- Synonyms: goading, prodding, egging on
- Antonyms: counter incentive, disincentive, compliment
- Usage: “you should remain calm and not respond to provocation”
3. Eroding –
- Meaning: gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed.
- Synonyms: wear away/down, abrade, scrape away
- Antonyms: contributing, fortifying, gentle
- Usage: “this humiliation has eroded what confidence Jean has”
4. Deterrent –
- Meaning: a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
- Synonyms: disincentive, discouragement, dissuasion
- Antonyms: incentive, encouragement, solicitation
- Usage: “cameras are a major deterrent to crime”
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5. A decorative ring of flowers and leaves- Wreath
6. Shaking movement of the ground – Tremor
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7. (A) Satelite (B) Sattelite (C) Sattellite (D) Satellite
8. (A) Sepparate (B) Separete (C) Siparate (D) Separate
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9. Change your tune:
- Meaning: – If someone changes their ideas or the way they talk about them, they change their tune.
- Example: – The mention of a hefty tip really changed the host’s tune, so I think he’ll be able to find us a table after all.
10. Cast aspersion:
- Meaning: – If you cast aspersion, you try to blacken someone’s name and make people think badly of them.
- Example: – I’m sorry to cast aspersions on Julie, but her work ethic is really terrible.
