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1. Leeway –
- Meaning: the amount of freedom to move or act that is available.
- Synonyms: freedom, scope, room to man oeuvre
- Antonyms: constraint, restriction, Estoppel, inhibition, Pratibandh
- Usage: “the government had greater leeway to introduce reforms”
2. Puritanical –
- Meaning: having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex.
- Synonyms: moralistic, pietistic, strait- laeed
- Antonyms: permissive, broad-minded, kind, gracious, permissive
- Usage: ” his puritanical parents saw any kind of pleasure as the road to damnation”
3. Agnostic –
- Meaning: A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
- Synonyms: Sceptic, Doubter, Questioner
- Antonyms: Believer, Theist
- Usage: Along with ideologically nosticpartnerships with the State government in Dispur, this is the way forward for now.
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4. A temporary police force-Posse
5. Continuing for a long period of time without interruption- Perpetual
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6. (A) Protextion (B) Protecttion (C) Prottection (D) Protection
7. (A) Defilade (B) Defilede (C) Defelade (D) Difilade
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8. Bit between your teeth:
- Meaning : If you take or have the bit between your teeth , you take or have control of a situation . (Bit= piece of metal in a horse’s mouth)
- Example: Once Sophie gets the bit between her teeth, she’s the best student in my class.
9. Bigger fish to fry:
- Meaning: If you aren’t interested in something because it isn’t important to you and there are more important things for you to do, you have bigger fish to fry
- Example : I want Chris to help me with this project, but he claims he has bigger fish to fry right now.
