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1. Exigencies –
- Meaning: an urgent need or demand.
- Synonyms: need ,demand, requirement, want, necessity, essential, requisite
- Antonyms: frivolousness, triviality, levity, flightiness
- Usage: But here, at home, some courts have not found the time to seek an explanation for the police brutality writ large, but heartlessly shrouded in the exigencies of the Covid-19 lockdown.
2. Shrouded –
- Meaning: cover or envelop so as to conceal from view.
- Synonyms: swathe, cloak, obscure disguise
- Antonyms: conspicuous, stand out, distinct,
- Usage: But here, at home, some courts have not found the time to seek an explanation for the police brutality writ large, but heartlessly shrouded in the exigencies of the Covid-19 lockdown.
3. Aggrieved –
- Meaning: feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated.
- Synonyms: resentful, affronted, indignant, disgruntled, discontented, distressed, anguished
- Antonyms: pleased, soothe, placid
- Usage: Far from reaching out to the aggrieved student body, the police have issued notices to dozens of them.
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4. A particular method of working – Modus Operandi
5. Specially skilled in story telling – A raconteur
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6. (A) Sledgehamer (B) Sledgehimmer (C) Slidghammer (D) Sledgehammer
7. (A) Mercyless (B) Merciless (C) Merrciless (D) Marciless
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8. Cross swords:
- Meaning: When people cross swords, they argue or dispute. This expression is used when some groups accuse each other for nonadherence to norms. Actually no sword is used but the tempo of the argument is high enough to cause worsening of the already bad situation. It is a tussle (vehement struggle without use of arms) between the parties to establish supremacy
- Example: I only crossed swords with Danielle because we have different approaches to the experiment.
