(VOCABULARY)
1. Reincarnation –
- Meaning: A rebirth of a mental capacity, such as a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body
- Synonyms: resurrection, revitalization, rejuvenation, renascence, revivification
- Antonyms: degeneration, destruction, disappearance
- Usage: Under teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, reincarnation of important lamas is done through divination or mystical means.
2. Scattershot –
- Meaning: Covering a broad range in a random and unsystematic way
- Synonyms: unselective, unconsidered, desultory, slapdash, unfocused, whimsical, changeable
- Antonyms: selective, systematic, deliberate, methodical
- Usage: Literature concerning photography by Africans remains scattershot and largely insubstantial.
3. Enunciation-
- Meaning: The style of enunciation or articulation in speaking or singing, To declare loudly, openly or publicly
- Synonyms: declare, proclaim, state, promulgate, announcement, assertion
- Antonyms: silence, standard, denial, concealment, vagueness
- Usage: Indeed, one might say that we reinterpret these concepts at every moment of utterance or enunciation.
(WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. One who runs away from justice- Fugitive
6. One who believes in fate- Fatalist
(MISSPELT WORDS)
7. (A) Editurial (B) Editorial (C) Editoriel (D) Editoreal
8. (A) Arangement (B) Arrengement (C) Arrengament (D) Arrangement
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Drag your feet:
- Meaning: If someone is dragging their feet, they are taking too long to do or finish something, usually because they don’t want to do it.
- Example: We can’t be late for the dentist, so quit dragging your feet and get in the car!
10. Draw a blank:
- Meaning: If you try to find something out and draw a blank, you don’t get any useful information.
- Example: I asked him about Tom’s financial problems, and I just drew a blank.
