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WORD |
WORD MEANING |
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Crest |
Top of a hill |
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Draped |
Covered |
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Locusts |
Insect |
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Conscience |
An inner sense of right and wrong |
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Peso |
Currency of Latin America |
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amiable |
Friendly and pleasant |
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Contentment |
Satisfaction |
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Besieged by |
To be surrounded closely by |
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Emancipation |
Freedom from restriction |
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Deprivation |
Being treated differently or unfavourably |
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Spectacular array |
An impressive display |
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chevron |
A pattern in the shape of a V |
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Despised |
Had a very low opinion of |
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Wrought |
Achieved ,done |
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profound |
Deep and strong |
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Inclinations |
Natural tendencies of behavior |
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Inevitably |
unavoidably |
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Illusion |
something that appears to be real but is not |
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Transitory |
Not permanent |
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Curtailed |
Reduced |
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Prejudice |
A strong dislike without any good reason |
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Martial |
Having to do with war |
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Prime |
Best |
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Laidback |
Relaxed |
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Trails |
Paths created by walking |
A LETTER TO GOD:
(a) I need a hundred pesos _______.
( Currency of indian/Spain/Latin America)
Ans: Latin America
(b) Send me the rest, since I need it very much.
(relax/remaining part/ be buried)
Ans: remaining part
(c) The house __ the only one in the entire valley __ sat on the crest of a low hill .
(wide/whole/flat)
Ans: whole
(d) .....sat on the crest of a low .....
( top of a hill/middle/height)
Ans: top of a hill.
(e) ..... was a downpour or at least .....
(wind/heavy fall of rain /storm)
Ans: heavy fall of rain
(f) ...... in that solitary house ......
(lonely/sociable/congested)
Ans: lonely
(g) ......fat , amiable fellow ....
(unsociable/friendly/ mannerless)
Ans: friendly
(g) ......experiencing the contentment of a man .....
(disgust/ derision/ satisfaction)
Ans: satisfaction
NELSON MANDELA : LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
(a) I saw it was not just my freedom that was curtailed, but the freedom of everyone.....
(enhanced/reduced/withheld)
Ans: reduced
(b) All of us will spend many years, if not generations, recovering from that profound hurt.(Light and vain/abnormal/deep and strong)
Ans: deep and strong
(c) ---had been pleasantly besieged by ---- (fell good / to be surrounded closely by/honoured)
Ans:to be surrounded closely by
(d) -----our political emancipation ---
(curtailment/freedom from restriction /bondage)
Ans: freedom from restriction
(e) ---- anthem they once despised , they -- (hatred/ reluctant/ had a very low opinion of)
Ans: had a very low opinion of
(f) ----- the transitory freedoms ----
( not permanent/ lasting for a short time/ever)
Ans: not permanent
MOST COMMON WORD MEANING FOR HSLC- 2022 SEBA