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EXPANDING YOU VOCABULARY
Choose the correct meaning.
Achilles’ heel :
fashionable shoes by a Greek designer heels; vulnerable spot;
athlete’s complaint
Acumen :
pepper-like substance; penetrating insight; ability to tolerate
heights
Affidavit :
a written statement made on oath; a solicitor’s instruction; a
judge’s direction to a jury
Antipathy
:
hatred; aversion; fear
Candor :
openness and integrity;
hypocritical praise
Canard :
false rumor; a joke
Cartel :
an agreement to regulate business
practices; an agreement between nations to exclude others
Déjà vu :
old fashioned; a person acquainted
with witchcraft; an illusion of having previously experienced an
event
Dextral :
left handed, right handed, colour
blind, both handed; flexible
Fallacy :
A Papal law: false belief; an
argument
Faux pas :
cunning like a fox; social
indiscretion; mistake
Flout :
to show off; treat with contempt
Furlough :
ten furlongs; leave of absence;
further efforts
Gaffe :
a shark; error; bloomer
Gambit :
gamble; habit; action point;
coverage
Gregarious :
hungry; moody; friendly and
sociable
Hector :
to shout; to act strangely; to
bully
Harbinger :
foretelling an event; a bird;
foretelling the weather
Hindsight :
all round vision; wise after an
event; rear-view
Hyperbole :
exaggeration, a huge arena;
hypnotherapy
Impromptu :
off hand; casual; verbose
Jaundiced :
a disease; seeing with a colored
eye; a prejudicial attitude; and untrue statement
Juxtapose :
place something against something;
replace something; to cover something up with something else
Lampoon :
a ships lantern; a whale; a satiric
attack
Lumpen :
overweight; drop dead; deprived and
degraded;
Melee :
a lady’s long gown; a rush; a
confused fight
Myopia :
propensity to weep; short sightedness; insomnia
Overt :
hidden and secret; open and public;
shy and retiring
Paradigm :
a model of excellence; a tongue
twisting phrase; a model example
Perennial
:
annually; long
lasting, everlasting
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