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1. Beleaguer-
- Meaning: To cause anguish or distress to ; To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of; To surround with troops
- Synonyms; plague, bother, harass besiege exclude, bar, ban, debar
- Antonyms : assist, help comfort, calm, console
- Usage: Make a detour through some pass, forestall your foes, beleaguer them, protect our troops!
2. Propitiate –
- Meaning: To assuage the agitation or anger of (someone); To bring into harmony or accord
- Synonyms: conform, mediate, adapt, reconcile, appease, placate, mollify, pacify
- Antonyms: anger, enflame, enrage, incense
- Usage: Since these people used tobacco to propitiate their deities, the herb itself was one of the instruments of godless, false religions.
3. Haggled –
- Meaning: dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something; To express a different opinion
- Synonyms: disagreed, argued, debated, bargained, bartered, wrangled
- Antonyms: agreed, complied, concurred
- Usage: They haggled for a lower price than that being asked and got the wreck for probably not too much more than it was worth.
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4. A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past- Nostalgia
5. A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law- Belligerent
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6. (A) Hypocondriac (B) Hypochondriec (C) Hypochondrec (D)Hypochondriac
7. (A) Sumnambulist (B) Somnambulist (C) Somnumbulist (D) Somnambuois
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
8. Actions speak louder than words:
- Meaning: – This idiom means that what people actually do is more important than what they say- people can promise things but then fail to deliver.
- Explanation: – He keeps saying he loves me, but actions speak louder than words.
9. Stabbed in the back:
- Meaning: A betrayal of trust, an act of treachery, as in Voting against our bill at the last minute was a real stab in the back.
- Example: I have done everything for her, but she left me because of that guy, she stabbed in my back.
