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TAKE
A WORD MATCHING TEST BASED ON THIS WORDLIST
| 1.Resilient |
[adj]
1. able to feel better quickly after sth
unpleasant such as shock, injury, etc:
eg:- He"ll get over it, young people are
amazingly resilient. * These plants are very resilient to
rough handling.
SYNONYMS:-airy, bouncy, buoyant, effervescent,
expansive, volatile
2. (of a substance) returning to its original
shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed
SYNONYMS:-elastic, flexible, springy, stretch,
stretchy, supple, whippy
ANTONYMS:-flaccid |
| 2.Receptor |
[noun]
1. a receiver;
2. a sense organ; a group of nerve endings
specializing in receiving impulses
eg:-A radar antenna is both a sender for
putting out radio waves and a receptor for receiving the
signals when they bounce off something. |
| 3.Exculpate |
[verb] to
clear from alleged fault or guilt : prove to be guiltless
eg:-the court exculpated him after a thorough
investigation* *The defendant was able to exculpate himself
from liability.
SYNONYMS:-CLEAR, ABSOLVE, EXONERATE, ACQUIT,
VINDICATE, DISCULPATE
ANTONYMS:- inculpate |
| 4.Faction |
[noun]
1.a party, combination, or clique (as within
a state, government, or other association) often contentious,
self-seeking, or reckless of the common good
2.a small group of people within a larger
one whose members have some different aims and beliefs to
those of the larger group: rival factions within the administration
3.opposition, disagreement, etc. that exists
between small groups of people within an organization or
political party: a party divided by faction and intrigue
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| 5.Garrulous |
[adj] talking
a lot, especially about unimportant things
eg:-He became positively garrulous after
a few glasses of wine.
SYNONYMS:-talkative, babblative, chatty,
gabby, loose-lipped, loose-tongued, loquacious, multiloquent,
talky, tonguey
ANTONYMS:-taciturn |
| 6.Harbinger |
[noun] a sign
that shows that sth is going to happen soon, often sth bad
SYNONYMS:-forerunner, herald, outrider,
precursor |
| 7.Interpolate |
[verb]
1.to make a remark that interrupts a conversation:
[Vspeech] 'But why?' he interpolated.
2. ~ sth (into sth) to add sth to a piece
of writing:
eg:-The lines were interpolated into the
manuscript at a later date
SYNONYMS:-introduce, fill in, insert, insinuate,
intercalate, interject, interpose, throw in, estimate
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| 8.Hieroglyphic |
[Adj]
1.Resembling hieroglyphic writing
2.Written in or belonging to a writing
system using pictorial symbols
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| 9.Extricable |
[adj] : capable
of being extricated,
extricate [verb] ~ sb/sth / (yourself)
(from sth)
1. to escape or enable sb to escape from
a difficult situation:
eg:-He had managed to extricate himself
from most of his official duties.
2. to free sb/sth or yourself from a place
where they/it or you are trapped:
eg:-They managed to extricate the pilot
from the tangled control panel |
| 10.Hackneyed |
[adj] used
too often and therefore boring: a hackneyed phrase / subject
SYNONYMS:- trite, bathetic, cliched, commonplace,
hack, stale, timeworn, tired, well-worn, worn-out |
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