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Vocabulary worksheet for class 10

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Choose your answers from the options given below. Note that you will have to change the form of some words. (fervent, feud, fictitious, finesse, fishy, flagrant,...

Vocabulary worksheet

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Choose your answers from the options given below. (outgrowth, outfit, outburst, onerous, outlandish, ordeal, opaque, optimum, ostracize, ostentatious) 1. His sudden ……………….. of anger shocked us...

Dilemma | A word a day

Dilemma Dilemma comes from the Greek phrase di (two) + lemma (a premise / proposition) Dilemma means difficult choice, problem, predicament, quandary etc. The doctor’s dilemma was whether he should tell the patient the...

Discriminate | A word a day

To discriminate is to demonstrate bias or show disfavor toward somebody. The company was accused of discriminating against female employees. (= The company was accused of demonstrating bias against female employees.) Discriminate can also...

The with superlatives

Superlative adjectives normally take the article the. She is the tallest girl in the class. (NOT She is tallest girl in the class.) This is the best book I have read. (NOT This is...

Vocabulary exercise 19

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word. Circumlocution, chore, chasm, chauvinism, chagrin, censure, celestial, cessation, categorical, caustic 1. The minister made a ………………… denial of the charges leveled against him. 2. His ………………....

Confidant and confident

The words confidant and confident have very different meanings. Confidant (male) and confidante (female) are nouns. She is my closest confidante. (= She is my closest friend.) A confidant or confidante is a person...