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1. Sway –
- Meaning: control or influence (a person or course of action).
- Synonyms: Influence, Affect, Bias
- Antonyms: Powerlessness, Inability, Inefficiency
- Usage: “Apparently the object began to sway backwards and forwards as if it were searching for something.”
2. Brevity –
- Meaning: concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.
- Synonyms: conciseness, concision, succinctness
- Antonyms: long-windedness, verbosity, loquaciousness, garrulity
- Usage: “The most notorious woman in Colchester’s history is making a return to the town she razed to the ground.”
3.Shrug –
- Meaning: dismiss something as unimportant.
- Synonyms: disregard, dismiss, take no notice of
- Antonyms: nod, agree, assent
- Usage: Instead of shrugging his shoulders he became agitated and a sarcastic torrent of words flew out”.
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4. A political leader appealing to popular desires and prejudices – Demagogue
5. A person who readily believes others – Credulous
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6. (A) Lesure (B) Leisure (C) Liesure (D) Lisure
7. (A) Turniquet (B) Tourniquet (C) Tournequit (D) Torniquit
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8. butter someone up
- Meaning:- To praise or flatter someone excessively
- Example:- Percy was always buttering up the boss, so he was surprised when he failed to get a promotion.
9. Die is cast:
- Meaning:- If the die is cast, a decision has been made that cannot be altered and fate will decide the consequences.
- Example:- As soon as he pulled out his gun, the die was cast and he was sure to be killed by the police.
