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1. Protracted (Adjective) –
- Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
- Synonyms: prolonged, extended, stretched out
- Antonyms: brief, short, fleeting
- Usage: “a protracted and bitter dispute”
2. Ominous –
- Meaning: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.
- Synonyms: threatening, menacing, baleful
- Antonyms: promising, auspicious, propitious
- Usage: “there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead”
3. Portends –
- Meaning: be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen.
- Synonyms: presage, augur, foreshadow
- Antonyms: retrodict
- Usage: “the eclipses portend some major events”
4. Cascading –
- Meaning: pour downwards rapidly and in large quantities.
- Synonyms: pour, gush, surge
- Antonyms: stop, cease, contain
- Usage: “water was cascading down the stairs”
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5. One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men – Cynic
6. The process by which plants and animals breathe – Respiration
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7. (A) Commendassion (B) Commendation (C) Commandationn (D) Comendation
8. (A) Contestetion (B) Contestassion (C) Contenstation (D) Contestation
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9. Break the ice:
- Meaning: When you break the ice, you get over any initial embarrassment or shyness when you meet someone for the first time and start conversing.
- Example: I was so nervous about meeting Samantha’s parents for the first time, but her dad immediately broke the ice by asking about my car, and everything went great after that.
