Read the sentences carefully and then through contextual analysis match the usage of the highlighted word with its meaning.
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Usage of
highlighted word
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Meaning
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A
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In speech after repetitive
speech, MPs read the cartoon as part of a larger conspiracy to denigrate politicians and corrupt
young minds.
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1
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An
exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
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B
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The cartoon in question
shows in the first frame Laxman's 'common man' towering over the ballot box
on election day surrounded by supplicating
election candidates.
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2
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The act of
increasing the wealth, prestige, power or scope of something
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C
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Today he is in that rare coterie of people who have survived
this long with the disease.
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3
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Defame,
Derogate
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D
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One struggles to eat
enough to stave off the dramatic
weight loss that is part of this disease.
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4
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Begging,
requesting
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E
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Sleep, which might bring
respite from the miseries of the day, becomes increasingly elusive.
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5
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Unlawful appropriation
of funds
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F
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In the guise of empowering
the most downtrodden sections of society, it blessed an unholy nexus of
private contractors, babus and politicos that was streamlined for the
personal aggrandizement of those
in power.
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6
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Difficult to
capture, grasp
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G
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The most glaring among
them is the National Rural Health Mission scam worth Rs 5,700 crore that saw
two chief medical officers murdered, apparently in an attempt to cover up the
large-scale embezzlement of funds.
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7
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prevent
from happening
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