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1. Tenterhook –
- Definition: In a state of uneasiness, strain, or suspense
- Synonyms: Anxious, Awkward, Discomfited.
- Antonyms: Alleviate, Comfort, Disallow and Discontinue
- Usage: The waiting kept us on tenterhooks
2. Condign –
- Definition: (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.
- Synonyms: Competent, Deserved, Due, Fair
- Antonyms: Incoherent, Incorrect, Irrelative, Irrelevant
- Usage: A suspension without pay is condign punishment for breaking the company’s code ofn business ethics.
3. Heinous –
- Definition: (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
- Synonyms: Odious,
- Antonyms: Admirable
- Usage: A battery of heinous crimes.
4. Deterrence –
- Definition: The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
- Synonyms: Determent, Dissuasion, Obviation Disincentive,
- Antonyms: Permissive
- Usage: Nuclear missiles remain the main deterrence against possible aggression.
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5. One who mends shoes – Shoemaker
6. Government by a sovereign with uncontrolled authority – Despotism
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Find the correctly spelt word
7. (A) Interegnum (B) Interregnam (C) Interregnem (D) Interregnum
8. (A) Strelocovt. (B) Stractocracy (C) Stratecracy (D) Stratocracy
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9. Take a back seat
- Meaning: Choose to be less important in a role
- Example: He finally decided to take a back seat and let his son run the family business.
10. Weak in the knees
- Meaning: Barely able to stand because of emotion, fear or illness
- Example: The shock of being summoned by the Supreme Court made me go weak in the knees. Activate Windows
