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1. Intimidate –
- Meaning: frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
- Synonyms: frighten, menace, terrify
- Antonyms: assist, assure, calm
- Usage: “the forts are designed to intimidate the nationalist population”
2. Egregious –
- Meaning: outstandingly bad; shocking.
- Synonyms: shocking, appalling, horrific
- Antonyms: marvelous, amazing, wonderful, hyperphysical, , miraculous,
- Usage: “egregious abuses of copyright”
3. Stimulus –
- Meaning: a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.
- Synonyms: spur, stimulant, encouragement
- Antonyms: deterrent, discouragement
- Usage: “areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli”
4. Gamble –
- Meaning: play games of chance for money; bet.
- Synonyms: bet, wager, place a bet
- Antonyms: banker, certainty
- Usage: “he gambles on football”
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5. One who is in charge of Museum – Curator
6. An act of misappropriation of money –Embezzlement
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7.(A) Abstrection (B) Absttraction (C) Abstrecttion (D) Abstraction
8. (A) Ablation (B) Abletion (C) Abllation (D) Ablattion
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9. Break ground:
- Meaning: If you break ground, or break new ground, you make progress, taking things into a new area or going further than anyone has gone before. ‘Ground-breaking’ is used an adjective.
- Example: They broke ground on the new corporate headquarters today, but it will be years before we can actually move into it.
