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1. dilettante –
- Meaning: Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur
- Synonyms: inexpert, amateur, amateurish, unskilled
- Antonyms: ace, adept, consummate, crackerjack
- Usage: I’m a dilettante, a dabbler, and it was easy for many years to let that keep me on the sidelines.
2. Adage –
- Meaning: An old saying which has obtained credit by long use
- Synonyms: aphorism, axiom, dictum, maxim, precept
- Antonyms: absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness
- Usage : In line with the old adage, things did get worse around here before they got better.
3. Ebullient –
- Meaning: Cheerful and full of energy; Effusive and often emotional;
- Synonyms: gushy, effusive, fulsome, emotional, exuberant, buoyant, cheery, elated
- Antonyms: depressed, apathetic, disinterested
- Usage; Hutt was usually ebullient but this time, he came to my office, and he was in a down mood.
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4. A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people – Archives
5. A box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals – Hutch
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6. (A) Flotilia (B) Flutilla (C) Fluetilla (D) Flotilla
7. (A) Damagogue (B) Demegogue (C) Demagugue (D) Demagogue
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8. Cover all the bases:
- Meaning: If you cover all the bases, you deal with all aspects of a situation or issue, or anticipate all possibilities. (‘Cover all bases’ is also used.)
- Example: I covered all the bases by applying to 15 colleges.
9· Cream of the crop:
- Meaning: The cream of the crop is the best there is.
- Example: These delicious strawberries are the cream of the crop.
