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1. Quintessential –
- Meaning: Fundamental, inherent or central in nature
- Synonyms: staple, pivotal, predominant, immanent
- Antonyms: ancillary, sub, adscititious, insignificant, unimportant
- Usage: These comprise the quintessential sights and sounds of Maritime coastal communities.
2. Straddle –
- Meaning: Extend across or be situated on both sides of; To take up or maintain an equivocal position with regard to ( a political issue)
- Synonyms: vacillate, teeter, dither, falter
- Antonyms: decide, hold, remain, stay, dive, inplunge in
- Usage: Clearly rattled, Brash tried to straddle both sides of the argument at once
3. Ribald –
- Meaning: Depicting or referring to lewd matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
- Synonyms: bawdy, indecent, racy, coarse, filthy comical, hilarious, witty
- Antonyms: sophisticated, harmless, innocuous
- Usage: See the Black Sheep draymen sharing a ribald joke as they lower a barrel down the drop, there it is.
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4. Home sickness memories of the past – Nostalgia
5. A short story with a moral- Parable
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6. (A) Disscouragement (B) Discouregement (C) Discouragment (D) Discouragement
7. (A) Pennitence (B) Penitence (C) Penitencce (D) Penitince
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8. Feet of clay:
- Meaning: If someone has feet of clay, they have flaws that make them seem more human and like normal people.
- Example: I know it’s hard to believe, but anyone you admire surely has feet of clay.
9. First port of call:
- Meaning: The first place you stop to do something is your first port of call .
- Example: The president’s first port of call on his re-election campaign will be his hometown.
