(VOCABULARY)
1. Enfeebled –
- Meaning: make weak or feeble.
- Synonyms: weaken, make weak, make feeble
- Antonyms: strengthen fasten, solidify, shore, invigorate
- Usage: “trade unions are in an enfeebled state”
2. Ravage –
- Meaning: cause severe and extensive damage to.
- Synonyms: Ruin, devastate, ransack, desolate, despoil, maraud, wrecked
- Antonyms: develop nurture, conserve, indemnify (compensate (someone) for harm or loss).
- Usage: The hurricane ravaged southern Florida
3. Efficacy –
- Meaning: the ability to produce a desired or intended result.
- Synonyms: effectiveness, success, successfulness
- Antonyms: inefficacy
- Usage: “there is little information on the efficacy of this treatment”
(ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION)
4. Unwelcome aspect of a situation – Flip side
5. Act of making things new like before – Renovation
(MISSPELT WORDS)
6. (A) Independent (B) Indepindent (C) Indipendent (D) Indepndent
7. (A) Rimbursement (B) Riembursement (C) Reimbarsement (D) Reimbursement
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
8. Dog-eared:
- Meaning: If a book is dog-eared, it is in bad condition, with torn pages, etc.
- Example: I always leave a dog-ear in my textbooks to indicate an important page when I’m studying.
9. Birds of a feather flock together:
- Meaning: This idiom means that people with similar interests will stick together.
- Example: I knew you and John would get along well, seeing as you both enjoy science fiction so much. Birds of a feather flock together
