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1. Rebuffed –
- Meaning: reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner.
- Synonyms: reject, turn down, spurn
- Antonyms: accept, welcome, receive
- Usage: “I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms”
2. Turmoil –
- Meaning: a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
- Synonyms: confusion, upheaval(s), turbulence
- Antonyms: calm, peace, silence
- Usage: “the country was in turmoil”
3. Whopping –
- Meaning: very large.
- Synonyms: huge, massive, enormous
- Antonyms: microminiature, microscopic
- Usage: “a whopping £74 million loss”
4. Trifle –
- Meaning: a thing of little value or importance.
- Synonyms: inessential, nothing, technicality
- Antonyms: essential, rudiment, start
- Usage: “we needn’t trouble the headmaster over such trifles”
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5. Showing a dislike of anything improper –Prim
6. A fourteen-line poem – Sonnet
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7. (A) Notorieus (B) Notoriess (C) Notorious (D) Notoriuos
8. (A) Acommplice (B) Acompllice (C) Acomplicce (D) Accomplice
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9. By a long chalk:
- Meaning: If you beat somebody by a long chalk, you win easily and comfortably.
- Example: He won that match by a long chalk.
10. By dint of:
- Meaning: This means ‘as a result of or ‘because of: It would be good to think he’d risen to position of Chief Executive by dint of hard work.
- Example: By dint of hard work, I was able to get an A in my math class this semester.
