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1. Subsistence –
- Meaning: the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself, especially at a minimal level.
- Synonyms: maintenance, keep, upkeep
- Antonyms: inexistence, nonbeing, nonexistence
- Usage: “the minimum income needed for subsistence”
2. Remittance –
- Meaning: a sum of money sent in payment or as a gift.
- Synonyms: payment, settlement, money
- Antonyms: nonpayment, evasion, defaulting
- Usage: “complete your booking form and send it together with your remittance”
3. Lucrative –
- Meaning: producing a great deal of profit.
- Synonyms: profitable, profit-making, gainful
- Antonyms: unprofitable
- Usage: “a lucrative career as a stand-up comedian”
4. Cohort –
- Meaning: a group of people with a common statistical characteristic.
- Synonyms: group, grouping, category
- Antonyms: individual, one
- Usage: “the 1940-4 birth cohort of women”
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5. Solemn religious acts – Rites
6. An error or misprint in printing or writing –Erratum
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7. (A) Souvreignty (B) Sovireignty (C) Soveriegnty (D) Sovereignty
8. (A) Plegierist (B) Plagairist (C) Plegiarist (D) Plagiarist
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9. Bring home the bacon:
- Meaning: A person who brings home the bacon earns the money that a family live on.
- Example: My wife brings home the bacon, while I watch the kids.
10. Bring someone to heel:
- Meaning: If you bring someone to heel, you make them obey you.(‘Call someone to heel’ is also used.)
- Example: The CEO was quick to bring the junior board member to heel after the latter spoke out of turn at the annual general meeting.
