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1. surfeit –
- Meaning: An excessive amount of something; To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in; To provide assuagement or palliation to
- Synonyms: assuage, calm, soothe, disgust, repel, revolt excess, oversupply, superabundance
- Antonyms: deficiency, insufficiency, thinness, boniness, emaciation
- Usage: Yet they were victims of a surfeit of unwarranted violence ..
2. residual –
- Meaning: Remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone ; The act of entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed ;
- Synonyms: consequence, ramification, repercussion, lasting, lingering, abiding, enduring
- Antonyms: core, base, requisite, essential
- Usage: Indeed, residual elements of the public display of violence are evident even in the Raja’s case.
3 Malady –
- Meaning: a disease or ailment.
- Synonyms: illness, sickness, ailment, disorder
- Antonyms: health, wellness, comfort
- Usage: “an incurable malady”
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4. An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables- Almanac
5. A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one- Allegory
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6. (A) Cynusure (B) Cinosure (C) Cynasure (D) Cynosure
7. (A) Narcisist (B) Narcessist (C) Nercissist (D) Narcissist
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8. Be out in left field:
- Meaning: To be out in left field is not to know what’s going on. Taken from baseball, when youngsters assign less capable players to the outfield where the ball is less likely to be hit by a young player. In business, one might say, ‘Don’t ask the new manager; he’s out in left field and doesn’t know any answers yet.’
- Example: Sure, my aunt is really wacky and often out in left field, but I love her to pieces!
