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Synonyms: winding, roundabout Antonyms: direct, straight — We took a circuitous route to avoid the heavy traffic. Sordid (sawd i’d): dirty and unpleasant conditions Synonyms: squalid, filthy Antonyms: clean, fresh. — They have no choice but to live in those sordid slums. Outlandish (out’ landish): looking or sounding strange. Synonyms: alien, bizarre, queer Antonyms - banal, mundane, ordinary. — I think the
outlandish clothes that he likes to wear make him look quite foolish. |
Synonyms: reject, rebut, deny Antonyms: accept, acknowledge, admit — He repudiated the charges against him. Repugnant (re’pug’nant): causing a feeling of intense dislike Synonyms: repulsive, repellent, abhorrent Antonyms: attractive, pleasant, agreeable. — The very thought of eating beef is repugnant to me. Surly (surli): bad-tempered Synonyms - sullen, ungracious, churlish Antonyms - genial, pleasant, cheerful — I cannot teach such surly children Discover From the jumbled words, find some types of cupboards and cabinets: 1. Desrser 2. Etcllear 3. Cohiffnier 4. Tlalybo 5. Beufft 6. Abrueu Looking back A new lease of life. A lease is the time for which one rents property. When the time is over, it may be renewed and, possibly, under improved conditions, Hence, figuratively the phrase began to be applied to an exhausted person who starts a fresh stage of activity. Ponder The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope. — H.W. Beecher Score card Dresser, cellaret, chiffonier, tallboy, buffet, bureau. — Illa Vij |