SYNONYMS
imaginative (Adjective) : having snobbish (Adjective) : thinking 191. (3) exhibit (Verb) : display; to
or showing new and exciting that having a high social class is show something in public for
ideas ; inventive very important enjoyment or for information
accusative (Adjective) : con- 187. (3) complaining (Adjective) : flaunt (Verb) : to show some-
taining or expressing accusation expressing pain or dissatisfac- thing (you are proud of) to other
aggressive (Adjective) : angry, tion or resentment people in order to impress them;
and behaving in a threatening querulous (Adjective) : com- flutter
way plaining : showing that you are cut (Verb) : to make an open-
183. (3) unfavourable (Adjective) : annoyed; peevish ing; to remove something
not good and likely to cause prob- critical (Adjective) : expressing deceive (Verb) : cheat
lems or make something more disapproval of somebody or blame (Verb) : to think or say
difficult something and saying what you that somebody or something is
inclement (Adjective) : not think is bad about him; crucial; responsible for something bad
pleasant; cold, wet, etc.; un- serious 192. (2) conquer (Verb) : to take con-
favourable curious (Adjective) : having a trol of a country or city and its
selfish (Adjective) : caring only strong desire to know something people by force
about yourself rather than other inquisitive subjugate (Verb) : to defeat
people 1ambiguous (Adjective) : hav- somebody or something; to gain
active (Adjective) : always busy ing different meanings control over somebody or
doing things, especially physical 188. (3) bold (Adjective) : brave and something
activities confident capitulate (Verb) : to agree to
inactive (Adjective) : not doing audacious (Adjective) : willing do something that you have
anything; not active to take risks or to do something been refusing to do for a long
184. (1) cordial (Adjective) : pleas- shocking; bold time; give in; yield
ant and friendly brilliant (Adjective) : extreme- strike (Verb) : to hit somebody
genial (Adjective) : friendly and ly clever or impressive or something hard o r with
cheerful; affable; cordial powerful (Adjective) : being able force
unselfish (Adjective) : giving to control and influence people confuse (Verb) : to make some-
more time or importance to oth- and events; influential body unable to think clearly or
er people’s needs, wishes etc. frightening (Adjective) : mak- understand something ; mix up
than to your own ing you feel afraid 193. (1) conduct (Noun) : a person’s
careful (Adjective) : giving at- 189. (1) hazardous (Adjective) : in- behaviour in a particular place
tention or thought to what you voloving risk or danger to some- or in a particular situation
are doing so that you may avoid body’s health or safety behaviour (Noun) : the way that
hurting yourself, damaging perilous (Adjective) : very dan- somebody behaves, towards oth-
something or doing something gerous; hazardous er people
wrong rigorous (Adjective) : done care- blessing (Noun) : God’s help and
specific (Adjective) : detailed fully and with a lot of attention protection, or a prayer asking
and exact; particular to detail; thorough; strict for this
185. (1) accumulate (Verb) : to grad- resilient (Adjective) : able to character (Noun) : all the qual-
ually get more and more of some- feel better quickly after some- ities and features that make a
thing over a period of time; thing unpleasant has happened person; nature
amass requisite (Adjective) : neces- response (Noun) : a spoken or
accrue (Verb) : to increase over written answer
sary for a particular purpose
a period of time 194. (4) inflexible (Adjective) : rig-
190. (2) day-dream (Noun) : pleasant
accommodate (Verb) : oblige; to id; unable to change or make
thoughts that make you forget the
provide somebody with a room suitable for a particular situa-
present
or place to sleep, live or sit tion
reverie (Noun) : a state of think-
grow (Verb) : to increase in size, stringent (Adjective) : very
ing about pleasant things; day–
number or strength or quality strict and that must be obeyed
dream
suffice (Verb) : to be enough for determination (Noun) : the qual- flexible (Adjective) : able to
somebody or something change to suit new conditions
ity that makes you continue try-
186. (2) sad (Adjective) : unhappy ing to do something even when or situations
poignant (Adjective) : having a it is difficult. staunch (Adjective) : faithful,
strong effect on your feelings es- reality (Noun) : the true situa- strong and loyal in your opin-
pecially in a way that makes you tion and the problems that actu- ions and attitude
feel sad; moving ally exist in life tough (Adjective) : difficult;
showy (Adjective) : brightly co- realization (Noun) : the process strict; firm; strong
loured, large or exaggerated of becoming aware of some- 195. (3) intentionally (Adverb) : done
silly (Adjective) : foolish deliberately; intended
thing; awareness
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