(VOCABULARY)
1. Legitimate –
- Meaning: conforming to the law or to rules.
- Synonyms: legal, lawful, licit
- Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate, clandestine, bastard
- Usage: “his claims to legitimate authority”
2. Aggravated –
- Meaning: annoy or exasperate.
- Synonyms: annoy, irritate, exasperate
- Antonyms: calm, conciliate, concede
- Usage: “military action would only aggravate the situation”
3. Unrelenting
- Meaning: not giving way to kindness or compassion.
- Synonyms: continual, constant, continuous
- Antonyms: intermittent, spasmodic
- Usage: “unrelenting opponents”
4. Resumption –
- Meaning: the action of beginning something again after a pause or interruption.
- Synonyms: restart, restarting, recommencement
- Antonyms: suspension, abandonment
- Usage: “with peace came the resumption of foreign imports”
(WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. That which makes one highly knowledgeable – Erudition
6. A place where animals are slaughtered – Abattoir
(MISSPELT WORDS)
Find the correctly spelt word.
7. (A) Whistlle (B) Whisstle (C) Whistle (D) Whistel
8. (A) Loundry (B) Laundry (C) Luandry (D) Luondry
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Different kettle of fish:
- Meaning: If something is a different kettle of fish, it is very different from the other things referenced
- Example: I suppose we could start looking at buying a house now that our baby is on the way, but that’s an entirely different kettle of fish!
10. Down at heel:
- Meaning: Someone who is down at heel is short of money. (‘Down in heel’ is used in American English)
- Example: John has been looking increasingly down-at-heel ever since he lost his job last year.
