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1. Fillip –
- Meaning: something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity.
- Synonyms: stimulus, stimulation
- Antonyms: curb, stopped, limit, brake, confinement
- Usage: “the halving of car tax would provide a fillip to sales”
2. Becalmed –
- Meaning: leave ( a sailing ship) unable to move through lack of wind.
- Synonyms: stranded, stuck, marooned
- Antonyms: active, mobile, moving
- Usage: “both boats hung on before the whole fleet was becalmed south of Rampholme”
3. Tumbled
- Meaning: fall rapidly in amount or value.
- Synonyms: plummet, plunge, dive
- Antonyms: rise,
- Usage: “property prices tumbled”
4. Slump –
- Meaning: sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.
- Synonyms: flop, flump, collapse
- Antonyms: stand up, sit up
- Usage: “she slumped against the cushions”
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5. Science of heredity – Genetics
6. One who eats human flesh – Cannibal
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7. (A) Diseppearance (B) Dissappearance (C) Disappaerance (D) Disappearance
8. (A) Evenescence (B) Evanascence (C) Evanescence (D) Evanescance
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9. All bets are off:
- Meaning: That which seemed certain or foreseeable in the future is now completely unpredictable.
- Example: If all bets are off, then agreements that have been made no longer apply
10. up the spout
- Meaning: No longer working or likely to be useful or successful.
- Example: If something has gone up the spout, it has gone wrong or been ruined.
