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1. wrought –
- Meaning: Having been worked or prepared somehow; Finished or having been brought to an end; To have convinced or manipulated; to move in an agitated manner; to produce as a result of effort
- Synonyms: quivered, convulsed, agitated, accomplished, achieved, toiled, drudged, hustled
- Antonyms: influenced, convinced, confused, abashed, addled, baflled, pacified, placated, subdued
- Usage: Sam appeared to believing not in a post independent constitutional state but under a local police state wrought in the colonial or pre-colonial era.
2. Splintered –
- Meaning: having been broken ; break or cause to break into small sharp fragments
- Synonyms: fractured, shattered, split, disintegrated
- Antonyms: combined, fixed, mended, unbroken, whole, intact
- Usage: It is as if the entire country is splintered into little fiefdoms( spheres, areas, fields) , each believing to have a monopoly of violence. The bare bones of the incident are widely known.
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3. A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one – Allegory
4. A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change – Crusade
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5. (A) Plegiarism (B) Plagierism (C) Plegierism (D) Plagiarism
6. (A) Crimatorium (B) Cremetorium (C) Crematoriem (D) Crematorium
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7. Skating on thin ice
- Meaning: Do or say something risky or something that could cause trouble.
- Example: Don’t say anything that hurts her self esteem or you could be skating on thin ice.
8. Wipe the slate clean
- Meaning: Make a fresh start
- Example: When Mike was leaving home, he decided to wipe the slate clean with his dad.
