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1. Savage –
- Meaning: fierce, violent, and uncontrolled. ( of something bad or negative) very great; severe.
- Synonyms: ravening, predatory, mutilate, mangle, lacerate, desecrate
- Antonyms: tame, civilized, harmless.
- Usage: His decision was a savage blow for the town
2. Ravage –
- Meaning: cause severe and extensive damage to.
- Synonyms: Ruin, devastate, ransack, desolate, despoil, maraud, wrecked
- Antonyms: develop nurture, conserve, indemnify ( compensate (someone) for harm or loss).
- Usage: The hurricane ravaged southern Florida
3. Drawdown –
- Meaning: to bring down, To lower. To minimize.
- Synonyms: reduction, decrease, Extenuate
- Antonyms: Augment, Develop, Enlarge, Extend
- Usage: During the Doklam incident, even after a meeting between the leaders on the sidelines of a G-20 summit, it had taken several high-level engagements to ensure a drawdown to the 73-day stand-off.
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4. Unwelcome aspect of a situation – Flip side
5. Art of working with metals – Metallurgy
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6. (A) Subtrection (B) Substraction (C) Subtraiction (D) Subtraction
7. (A) Subsidance (B) Subsidense (C) Subsidence (D) Subssidence
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8. Dog-eared:
- Meaning: If a book is dog-eared, it is in bad condition, with torn pages, etc.
- Example: I always leave a dog-ear in my textbooks to indicate an important page when I’m studying.
9. Dollars for doughnuts:
- Meaning: If something is dollars for doughnuts; it is a sure bet or certainty.
- Example: I lost my umbrella. Dollars to doughnuts it rains tomorrow!
