(VOCABULARY)
1. Legitimate –
- Meaning: conforming to the law or to rules.
- Synonyms: legal, lawful, licit
- Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate, clandestine, bastard
- Usage: “his claims to legitimate authority”
2. Aggravated –
- Meaning: annoy or exasperate.
- Synonyms: annoy, irritate, exasperate
- Antonyms: calm, conciliate, concede
- Usage: “military action would only aggravate the situation”
3. Unrelenting-
- Meaning: not giving way to kindness or compassion.
- Synonyms: continual, constant, continuous
- Antonyms: intermittent, spasmodic
- Usage: “unrelenting opponents”
4. Resumption –
- Meaning: the action of beginning something again after a pause or interruption.
- Synonyms: restart, restarting, recommencement
- Antonyms: suspension, abandonment
- Usage: “with peace came the resumption of foreign imports”
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5. That which makes one highly knowledgeable – Erudition
6. A place where animals are slaughtered – Abattoir
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7. (A) Whistlle (B) Whisstle (C) Whistle (D) Whistel
8. (A) Loundry (B) Laundry (C) Luandry (D) Luondry
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9. Different kettle of fish:
- Meaning: If something is a different kettle of fish, it is very different from the other things referenced.
- Example: I suppose we could start looking at buying a house now that our baby is on the way, but that’s an entirely different kettle of fish!
10. Down at heel:
- Meaning: Someone who is down at heel is short of money. (‘Down in heel’ is used in American English)
- Example: John has been looking increasingly down-at-heel ever since he lost his job last year.
