(VOCABULARY)
1. Predicament –
- Definition: A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.
- Synonyms: Plight, Quandary, Trouble,
- Antonyms: Advantage, Agreement, Benefit
- Usage: His company’s financial predicament is due less to the problems that beset the aviation sector.
2. Deflationary –
- Definition: Characterized by or tending to cause economic deflation.
- Synonyms: Bankruptcy, Collapse, Decline, Deflation
- Antonyms: Increase, Rise, Success
- Usage: The deflation of the illusion that the 1960s were a perpetual party.
3. Scathing –
- Definition: Witheringly scornful; severely critical.
- Synonyms: Devastating, Withering, Blistering
- Antonyms: Mild, Gentle, Complimentary
- Usage: She launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister.
4. Fugitive –
- Definition: Quick to disappear; fleeting.
- Synonyms: Fleeting, Transient, Transitory, Ephemeral,
- Antonyms: Permanent, Long-lasting
- Usage: Ours is a fugitive life.
(ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. One who performs tricks by sleight of hands- Janitor
6. One who goes place to place mending pots – Tinker
(MISSPELT WORDS)
7. (A) Hurbarium (B) Herberium (C) Herbarriem (D) Herbarium
8. (A) Fanambulist (B) Funambullist (C) Funambulist (D) Funambulisst
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Stand one’s ground
- Meaning – Maintaining your position
- Example – He stood his ground in support of his friend in spite of several family interferences.
10. Sink your teeth into
- Meaning – doing something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
- Example – Marie joined the badminton coaching classes. She sank her teeth into the practice sessions.
