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1. Imbibing –
- Meaning: to consume a liquid; to have a clear idea or understanding of; to mix or blend together, typically into a single mass or unit; The process by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another;
- Synonyms: absorption, assimilation, incorporation, incorporating, blending, combining, assimilating comprehending, drinking, consuming, quaffing,
- Antonyms: impermeable, nonabsorbent waterproof, abstaining, fasting
- Usage: It is easy to imagine him inheriting caste prejudices in his childhood and, after arrival in London to study law, imbibing the prejudices of his colonial masters, to see himself as close to educated British elites than to Indian peasants or the ‘untouchables’,
2. Impinges –
- Meaning: Have an effect, especially a negative one; Enter with disruptive or adverse effect
- Synonyms: affects, touches, influences, infringes, invades, violates, abuts, adjoins joins
- Antonyms: avoids, dodges, leaves, alone
- Usage: It impinges on the liberty of an entire populace.
3. Sophistry –
- Meaning: The art of using deceptive speech or writing; Talk intended to confuse; Excessive concern with minor details and rules
- Synonyms: pedantry, dogmatism, double talk, deceit, fallacy, equivocation, dishonesty
- Antonyms: honesty, truth ,openness
- Usage: While there can be no argument about the importance of development projects, it has resorted to sophistry in classifying activity for exemptions.
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4. A shady fertile place in the desert – Oasis
5. A person who always run after women – Philanderer
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Find the correctly spelt word.
6. (A) Equanimity (B) Equannimity (C) Equanimmity (D) Equinimity
7. (A) Arconist (B) Arsonist (C) Arrsonist (D) Arsunist
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8. Bird’s eye view:
- Meaning: If you have a bird’s eye view of something, you can see it perfectly clearly.
- Example: From up here you can get a bird’s eye view of the entire campus.
9. Bear the brunt:
- Meaning: People who bear the brunt of something endure the worst of something bad.
- Example: When our system crashed, the call center employees bore the brunt of our customers’ anger.
