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1. Absolve –
- Meaning: The best of its kind or class; remove from suspicion or guilt
- Synonyms: acquit, exonerate, free, vindicate, discharge, exculpate
- Antonyms: reprimand, rebuke, chide, scold, criticise, criticize, berate, admonish, chastise, indict
- Usage: So I hereby absolve myself of guilt should he ever read this.
2.Infinitesimal –
- Meaning: incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute ; That cannot be observed
- Synonyms: negligible, imperceptible, indiscernible
- Antonyms: huge, enormous, large, astronomic
- Usage: Let us conceive the zone in question to be divided into infinitesimal rings of equal area.
3. Inscrutable –
- Meaning: Having a covert or obscure meaning; Impossible to understand or interpret
- Synonyms: opaque ‘ unfathomable , impenetrable, obscure, abstruse, ambiguous, baflling
- Antonyms: clear, obvious, . plain, . accessible
- Usage: Newspaper stories see the light of day for all sorts of strange and inscrutable reasons.
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5. One who is all Powerful – Omnipotent
6. Guilty of crime – Culpable
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7. (A) Enourmus (B) Enormuss (C) Enurmous (D) Enormous
8. (A) Infinitisimal (B) Infinitesimal (C) Infinitesimle (D) Infinitisimal
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9. Writing on the wall:
- Meaning: If the writing’s on the wall for something, it is doomed to fail.
- Example: The handwriting on the wall bodes poorly for many aquatic species, but there is hope
that we can make some changes to save some of them.
10. Wrong end of the stick:
- Meaning: If someone has got the wrong end of the . stick, they have misunderstood what someone has said to them
- Example: He must have gotten hold of the wrong end of the stick about something when I was talking to him earlier, because he has started acting really odd whenever I see him now.
