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1. unwieldy –
- Meaning: A hefty amount or abundant; Causing trouble, difficulties, or discomfort; Incapable of, or indisposed to, quick and effective action
- Synonyms: cumbersome, awkward, bothersome, inconvenient
- Antonyms: handy, manageable, dainty, agile
- Usage: She’d make a dint in this unwieldy task by visiting schools to make contact with kids before they start dropping out.
2. Repugnant
- Meaning: Offensive or disgusting ; Denotes a strong aversion or opposition to something
- Synonyms: abhorrent, loathsome, nauseating, despicable, grisly, gruesome
- Antonyms: humble, unobtrusive, nonprovocative, innoxious
- Usage: Although Joan does things that some might consider repugnant, Linney fashions her alter-ego into a sympathetic human being.
3. Rekindled –
- Meaning: for to provoke or bring about;
- Synonyms: revived, revivified, reanimated
- Antonyms: killed
- Usage: As Zerin rekindled the fire, the sun came up, covering the cold earth with its rays.
4. Feudal (noun) –
- Meaning: Of, or relating to feudalism
- Synonyms: old-fashioned, outdated
- Antonyms: stylish, contemporary, trendy, up-to-date
- Usage: Both In a feudal system there is always another member of the clan to stepforward to assume the leadership.
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5. A large group of people-Horde
6. A funeral procession-Cortege
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7. (A) Ressidence (B) Residance (C) Residense (D) Residence
8· (A) Ediffice (B) Edifice (C) Edifisee (D) Edificce
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9. Dress to kill:
- Meaning: When someone is dressed to kill, they are dressed very smartly.
- Example: I have to be dressed to kill at this event tonight-a lot of important people will be there.
10. Drive home:
- Meaning: The idiomatic expression ‘drive home’ means ‘reinforce’ as in ‘The company offered unlimited technical support as a way to drive home the message that customer satisfaction was its highest priority.’
- Example: The traffic jam made my drive home twice as long as normal.