(VOCABULARY)
1. Combat –
- Meaning: fighting between armed forces.
- Synonyms: battle, fighting, action
- Antonyms: agreement, armistice, peace
- Usage: “five Hurricanes were shot down in combat”
2. Zeal –
- Meaning: great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.
- Synonyms: passion, zealousness, committedness
- Antonyms: apathy, indifference, non interference
- Usage: “his zeal for privatization”
3. Dwindling –
- Meaning: diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength.
- Synonyms: diminish, decrease, reduce
- Antonyms: increase, flourish
- Usage: “traffic has dwindled to a trickle”
4. Appalling –
- Meaning: causing shock or dismay; horrific.
- Synonyms: shocking, horrific, horrifying
- Antonyms: comforting, consolatory
- Usage: “the cat suffered appalling in juries during the attack”
(WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. One who is indifferent to pain or pleasure -Stoic
6. No longer a child, but not yet an adult -Adolescent
(MISSPELT WORDS)
Find the correctly spelt word.
7. (A) Entomulogists (B) Entomologists (C) Entomolougists (D) Enttomologists
8. (A) Specailist (B) Specialist (C) Spacialist (D) Specaillist
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Chew the fat:
- Meaning: If you chew the fat with someone, you talk at leisure with them.
- Example: My sister and I haven’t seen each other in nearly five years, so we stayed up half the night chewing the fat.
10. Class act:
- Meaning: Someone who’s a class act is exceptional in what they do.
- Example: The principal is a class act who has greatly improved the school.
