(VOCABULARY)
1. Fledgling –
- Meaning: a person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped.
- Synonyms: emerging, emergent, arising
- Antonyms: declining, mature, ripening,
- Usage: “the country’s fledgling democracy”
2. Conceded –
- Meaning: admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.
- Synonyms: admit, acknowledge, accept
- Antonyms: deny, Disavow, Disaffirm
- Usage: “I had to concede that I’d overreacted”
3. Jolt –
- Meaning: push or shake ( someone or something) abruptly and roughly.
- Synonyms: push, thrust, jar
- Antonyms: disadvantage
- Usage: “a surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards”
4. Rout –
- Meaning: a decisive defeat.
- Synonyms: getaway stampede, debacle
- Antonyms: victory
- Usage: “the party lost more than half their seats in the rout”
(WORD SUBSTITUTION)
5. Denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace – Venial
6. A doctrine which identifies God with the universe – Pantheism
(MISSPELT WORDS)
Find the correctly spelt word.
7. (A) Bouquete (B) Bouquet (C) Boquet (D) Biuquette
8. (A) Sattellite (B) Satellite (C) Sattelite (D) Satelite
(IDIOMS AND PHRASES)
9. Blow the whistle:
- Meaning: If somebody blows the whistle on a plan, they report it to the authorities.
- Example: That company’s stock price plummeted after the media blew the whistle on the CEO’s embezzlement scandal.
10. Bob’s your uncle:
- Meaning: This idiom means that something will be successful: Just tell him that I gave you his name and Bob’s your uncle- he’ll help you.
- Example: All you have to do is combine all of the ingredients in one pot, let it cook, and then Bob’s your uncle, dinner is ready!
