(VOCABULARY)
1. Noxious
- Meaning: harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
- Synonyms: poisonous, toxic, deadly
- Antonyms: innocuous, safe, pleasant
- Usage: “they were overcome by the noxious fumes”
2. Lurks –
- Meaning: be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.
- Synonyms: skulk, loiter, lie in wait
- Antonyms: appear, emerge, swell
- Usage: “a ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness”
3. Amplify –
- Meaning: increase the volume of (sound), especially using an amplifier.
- Synonyms: louden, make louder, elaborated
- Antonyms: reduce, quieten
- Usage: “the accompanying chords have been amplified in our arrangement”
4. Arcane –
- Meaning: understood by few; mysterious or secret.
- Synonyms: mysterious, secret, hidden
- Antonyms: well known, open
(ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. A remedy for all diseases – Panacea
6. A highly skilled musician – Virtuoso
(MISSPELT WORDS)
7. (A) Vinomous (B) Venomuos (C) Venomous (D) Venumous
8· (A) Poisonuos (B) Piosonous (C) Poisonous (D) Poisunous
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Cut to the chase:
- Meaning: If you cut to the chase, you get to the point, or the most interesting or important part of something without delay.
- Example: I’m a very busy woman, so I need an assistant who can cut to the chase.
10. Cut to the quick:
- Meaning: If someone’s cut to the quick by something, they are very hurt and upset indeed.
- Example: I can’t even look at her right now that hurtful remark cut me right to the quick.
