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### Idioms& phrases##
(1) A slap on the wrist- Mild punishment
(2) An eye wash- A pretence
(3) All right- Acceptable, Okay
(4) Bite your tongue- To avoid talking
(5) Blue moon- A long time, Rare event
(6) For good- Forever, Permanently
(7) For sure- Without doubt
(8) Egg on- To urge somebody
(9) In the family way- Pregnant
(10) Beside the mark- Irrelevant

##$# One Word Substitution
(1) Study of population- Demography
(2) One who believes that nothing can be said about god- Agnostic
(3) Hand writing that can be easily read- Legible
(4) One who believes that pre destined- Fatalist
(5) Intelligent and intellectual class of society- Intelligentisia
(6) Woman who is incharge of nursing and domestic arrangement in a hospital- Matron
(7) One who uses violence to achieve political aims- Vanal
(8) Art of pottery- Ceramics
(9) Persons who desings Building- Architect
(10) One who makes speeches- Orator

##SYNONYMS###
(1)Repast- Meal, Food
(2) Nexus- Link, bond
(3) Laconic- Brief, In short
(4) Affluent- Rich, prosperous
(5) Choleric- Hot tempered, quick to anger, peevish
(6) Discrete- separate, not connected, distinct
(7) Despondent- extremely depressed, full of despair
(8) Edify- To enlighten, to instruct
(9) Acrane- Secret, Hidden
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### Idioms& Phrases ###
(1) At see- Perplexed
(2) Give in- To surrender
(3) Life and soul- Main support
(4) Heart and soul- With full devotion
(5) An iron hand- By force
(6) Out of gear- In disorder
(7) Rhyme or reason- Rational cause
(8) Stuff and nonsense- Worthless
(9) Out of question- Certain
(10) Out of the question- Uncertain

### One Word Substitution ####
(1) The Omission of a letter or syllable- Elision
(2) One who cannot speak- Dumb
(3) Loss of sleep- Insomania
(4) One who hates the custom of marriages- Misogamist
(5) One who hates women- Misogynist
(6) One who hates learning- Misologist
(7) One who loves womankind- Philogynist
(8) Study of animal and plant structure- Morphology

## SYNONYMS##
(1) Condone- excuse, pardon, forgive
(2) cursory- Hasty, careless
(3) Appraise- Evaluate ,Estimate
(4) Indignant- Exasperate,outraged, angry, Irate
(5) Guile- fraud ,trickery, cunning
(6) Exquisite- Elegant, matchless, peerless
(7) Commodious- suitable, convenient, comfortable
(8) Impediment- Hindrance, Hurdle, obstruction
(9) Morose- sullen, surly, sulky
(10) Mercurial- changeable, unstable, variable
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@@@Words denoting groups@@
(1) An army of soldiers.
(2)An alliance of states, power s ,etc.

(3)An assembly of representatives
(4)An attendance of servants, persons.
(5)An audience of listeners.
(6)A band of musicians, followers.
(7)A batch of pupil, candidates.
(8)A battery of guns.
(9)A bench of judges or magistrates.
(10)A block of houses, buildings.
(11)A body of men, soldiers, police, laws, etc.
(12)A brigade of cavalry, infantry or artillery.
(13)A bundle of hay.
(14)A bouquet of flowers.
(15)A board of directors or trustees.
(16)A caravan of merchants
(17)A code of laws.
(18)A congress of representatives.
(19)A century of runs(in cricket)
(20)A cloud of locusts.
(21) A cluster of islands.
(22) A constellation of stars
(23) A course of lectures.
(24)A consignment of goods.
(25)A catalogue of books(ie, their names)
(26)A circle of friends, acquaintances.
(27)A clan of people.
(28)A clique of persons( belonging to a body)
(29)A commonwealth of bees.
(30)A concourse of people.
(31) A confederacy of persons, state, nations .


(32) A confederation of persons, powers, states.
(33) A conference of preachers, delegates.
(34) A congregation of worshippers.
(35) A convoy of ships.

(36)A corporation of people.
(37)A corps of soldiers, volunteers, pilice.
(38)A curriculum of studies.
(39)A crew of sailors
(40)A herd of cattle..

(41) An escort of soldiers
(42) A fraction of people( engaged in politics)
(43) A family of plants, languages.
(44) A federation of states....
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