(VOCABULARY)
1. Ridiculous –
- Definition: deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.
- Synonyms: laughable, absurd, comical, funny, hilarious, humorous, risible, derisory, droll
- Antonyms: serious, sensible, reasonable
- Usage: that ridiculous tartan cap
2. Lure-
- Definition: tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.
- Synonyms: tempt, · entice, attract, induce, coax, persuade, inveigle, allure, seduce, win over, cajole
- Antonyms: deter, put off , Cumber
- Usage: the child was lured into a car but managed to escape
3. Pedestrians –
- Definition: a person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.
- Synonyms: walker, person on foot, hiker, rambler, stroller, wayfarer
- Antonyms: driver
- Usage: the road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it
4. Dismal –
- Definition: causing a mood of gloom or depression.
- Synonyms: dingy, dim, dark, gloomy, somber, dreary, drab, dull, desolate, bleak, cheer less, comfortless
- Antonyms: bright, cheerful.
- Usage: the dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening
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5. One who cleans the street- Scavenger
6. A professional rider in horse races- Jockey
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7. (A) Obstutrician (B) Obstatrician (C) Obstetrician (D) Obstetrecian
8. (A) Cuntonment (B) Cantunment (C) Cantonmant (D) Cantonment
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Dead wood-
- Meaning- People or things which are no longer useful or necessary
- Example- The Company bought in a lot of new computers. They no longer want the dead woods
10. Get the axe
- Meaning- lose the job.
- Example- The projects team was undergoing a major restructuring, recruitment executives were the first to get the axe.
