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1. Consternation –
- Meaning: A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience
- Synonyms: astonishment, confusion, hysteria, stupefaction
- Antonyms: cheer, felicity, placidity, quiescence
- Usage: The shelling and the retaliations along the Line of Control with Pakistan are a matter of consternation.
2. Hegemony-
- Meaning: Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society.
- Synonyms: dominion, stewardship, sway, sovereignty, ascendance
- Antonyms: servility, subjection, subservience, yielding, surrender, impotence
- Usage: The Indo-Pacific has prospered under American hegemony for the previous 40 years
3. Cogently –
- Meaning: In a forceful or powerful manner
- Synonyms: coercively, intensely, actively, violently, fiercely.
- Antonyms: incredulously, questionably, strangely, unsoundly, inadequately
- Usage: The Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s perceptive essay in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs cogently spells out the dilemma that confronts Singapore
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5. A system of naming things – Nomenclature
6. The ceremony of crowning a sovereign –Coronation
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7. (A) Profassion (B) Profesionn (C) Profession (D) Professioon
8. (A) Subsitence (B) Subsistance (C) Subsistence (D) Subsisstence
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9. Deep pockets:
- Meaning: If someone has deep pockets, they are wealthy.
- Example: You will need deep pockets to turn this shabby old building into an attractive store.
10. Do a runner:
- Meaning: If people leave a restaurant without paying, they do a runner.
- Example: The teenagers did a runner as soon as the cab stopped, leaving the driver to foot the bill.
