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1. Condescend –
- Meaning: Do something in such a way as to emphasize that one clearly regards it as below one’s dignity or level of importance
- Synonyms: vouchsafe, descend, belittle, disdain, humiliate
- Antonyms: elevate, improve, promote
- Usage: Kids demand shows that are smart and have lots of action and they remember if you condescend to them.
2. Tantamount –
- Meaning: Equivalent in Meaning or effect;
- Synonyms: commensurate, duplicate, equal, equivalent
- Antonyms: different, unequal, differing
- Usage: For their part, the Confederates considered Lincoln’s peace terms tantamount to unconditional surrender.
3. Beleaguer-
- Meaning: To cause anguish or distress to ; To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of; To surround with troops
- Synonyms: plague, bother, harass besiege exclude, bar, ban, debar
- Antonyms: assist, help comfort, calm, console
- Usage: Make a detour through some pass, forestall your foes, beleaguer them, protect our troops!
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4. A large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored-Wardrobe
5. A room or building for sick children in a boarding school- Sanatorium
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6. (A) Supossition (B) Suppossion (C) Supossionn (D) Supposition
7. (A) Prisumption (B) Preasmption (C) Presamption (D) Presumption
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8. Chop and change:
- Meaning: If things chop and change, they keep changing, often unexpectedly.
- Example: When we chop and change this much, it frustrates our customers. We need to set a schedule and stick to it.
9. Circling the drain:
- Meaning: If someone is circling the drain, they are very near death and have little time to live. The phrase can also describe a project or plan or campaign that that is on the brink of failure.
- Example: The company’s closure was inevitable, as it has been circling the drain for the last six months.
