(VOCABULARY)
1. Rejoice
- Definition: feel or happiness, show great pleasure, joy joy, or delight.
- Synonyms: happiness, pleasure, joy, gladness
- Antonyms: mourn, lament
- Usage: “we spent the evening rejoicing at our victory”
2. Annul –
- Definition: declared invalid(an official agreement, decision, or result).
- Synonyms: declare invalid, declare null and void
- Antonyms: restore , enact
- Usage: “the restore, elections enact were annulled by the general amid renewed protests”
3. Lethal –
- Meaning: very harmful or destructive.
- Synonyms: fatal, deadly, mortal
- Antonyms: harmless, safe, non violent,
- Usage: ” the Krakatoa eruption was the most lethal on record”
4. Meticulous –
- Meaning: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
- Synonyms: careful, careless, sloppy, conscientious, diligent
- Antonyms: careless, sloppy, slapdash
- Usage: ” the designs are hand – glazed with meticulous care”
5. Culpable –
- Meaning: deserving blame .
- Synonyms: to blame, guilty, at fault
- Antonyms: blameless, innocent
- Usage: ” mercy killings are less culpable than ‘ ordinary’ murders”
(WORD SUBSTITUTION)
6. A land fit for growing crops – Arable
7. One who finds nothing good in anything – Critic
(MISSPELT WORDS)
8. (A) Tilable (B) Tillable (C) Tilleble (D) Tillablae
9. (A) Captiuos (B) Capteous (C) Captious (D) Captiiss
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
10. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride:
- Meaning: If someone is always a bridesmaid, never a bride, they never manage to fulfill their ambition- they get close, but never manage the recognition, etc., they crave.
- Example: second place-always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
