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TAKE
A WORD MATCHING TEST BASED ON THIS WORDLIST
| 1.Zenith |
[noun]
1.the highest point that the sun or moon
reaches in the sky, directly above you:
eg:-The sun rose towards its zenith.
2. the time when sth is strongest and most
successful eg:-Bill is at the zenith of
his career.
SYNONYMS:-apex, acme, apogee, capstone,
climax, culmination, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit
ANTONYMS:-NADIR |
| 2.Xenophobe |
[noun] one
unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people
of foreign origin : a xenophobic person |
| 3.Tarnish |
[verb] to
spoil the good opinion people have of sb/sth:
eg:-He hopes to improve the newspaper"s
somewhat tarnished public image.
SYNONYMS:-taint, besmear, besmirch, defile,
discolor, smear, soil, stain, sully, tar, defame, disgrace
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| 4.Rhinestone |
[noun] a colorless
imitation stone of high luster made of glass, paste, or
gem quartz |
| 5.Rigid |
[adj] 1.(of
rules, methods, etc.) very strict and difficult to change:eg:-His
rigid adherence to the rules made him unpopular.
2.(of a person) not willing to change their ideas or behaviour:eg:-rigid
attitudes
3.(of an object or substance) stiff and difficult to move
or bend:eg:-a rigid support for the tent
SYNONYMS:-stiff, immalleable, inflexible,
unbending, strict, stringent, unpermissive, uncompromising,
unyielding, adamant |
| 6.Debilitating |
[adj] Impairing
the strength and vitality
SYNONYMS:- weakening, crippling, disabling,
enfeebling, draining, attenuate
ANTONYMS:-invigorating |
| 7.Degenerate |
[verb] to become worse, for
example by becoming lower in quality or weaker:
eg:-Her health degenerated quickly.
[adj] having moral standards that have fallen to a level
that is unacceptable to most people:
eg:-The movie is full of scenes of crime
and degeneracy.
SYNONYMS:-vicious, corrupt, depraved, flagitious,
infamous, miscreant, nefarious, rotten, unhealthy, villainous
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| 8.Deficiency |
[noun]
1.the state of not having, or not having
enough of, sth that is essential:eg:-Vitamin
deficiency in the diet can cause illness.
2.a fault or a weakness in sth/sb that
makes it or them less successful:eg:- deficiencies
in the computer system
SYNONYMS:-failure, defalcation, deficit,
inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, scantiness, shortage,
defect |
| 9.Denigrate |
[verb]to criticize
sb/sth unfairly; to say sb/sth does not have any value or
is not important:
eg:-I didn't intend to denigrate her achievements.
SYNONYMS:- malign, asperse, calumniate,
defame, libel, scandalize, slander, traduce, vilify |
| 10.Resolve |
[verb]
1. to break up into constituent parts;
to analyze; 2. to change; 3.
to cause; 4. to show the solution —n. firmness
of purpose; determination
eg:-A prism can resolve white light into
the colors of a rainbow.* The two sides tried for weeks
to resolve their dispute. |
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