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1. Blight –
- Meaning: a thing that spoils or damages something.
- Synonyms: affliction, scourge, bane
- Antonyms: blessing, benediction, felicity
- Usage: “the vacant properties are a blight on the neighborhood”
2. Precipitated –
- Meaning: cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.
- Synonyms: cause, lead to, occasion
- Antonyms: prevented, stopped, intermittence,
- Usage: “the incident precipitated a political crisis”
3. Disparate –
- Meaning: essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.
- Synonyms: contrasting, different, differing
- Antonyms: homogeneous
- Usage: “they inhabit disparate worlds of thought”
4. Equitable –
- Meaning: fair and impartial.
- Synonyms: fair, just, impartial
- Antonyms: inequitable, unfair
- Usage: “the equitable distribution of resources”
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5. A place where astronomical observations are made – Observatory
6. The scientific study of elections –Psephology
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7. (A) Essenttially (B) Essentially (C) Essentilly (D) Essentielly
8. (A) Indefeaeibly (B) Indefeasibly (C) Indefeassibly (D) Indefeasiblly
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9. Come a cropper:
- Meaning: Someone whose actions or lifestyle will inevitably result in trouble is going to come a cropper.
- Example: These shoes are too big and caused me to come a cropper as I was walking down the street.
Come on the heels of:
- Meaning: If something comes on the heels of something, it follows very soon after it.
- Example: The new revelation comes on the heels of the previous scandal.
