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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To the government's discomfiture, this incipient stagflation is also not serving to reduce the pressures
on the balance of payments front.
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1
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A sudden short burst, as of energy, or
growth.
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B
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In the event, despite exports having held their own in
2011-12, the current account deficit has burgeoned.
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2
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just starting
to be or happen; beginning
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C
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The RBI is wary about stoking
inflation by reducing rates to spur growth.
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3
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To grow or
develop rapidly.
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D
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That is
the lesson the government must glean
when seeing its own image in the European mirror.
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4
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advertize in
strongly positive terms
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E
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That only aggravated
the problem, leading to a worsening of the recession, increased unemployment
and a larger number of defaults
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5
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to put coal or
other fuel on (a fire)
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F
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As Europe descends into an ever-deepening crisis, the much-touted Indian growth story also seems
to be nearing its end.
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6
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To collect bit
by bit
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G
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With the government committed to raising the prices of oil in
line with the spurt in
international prices, this problem will only worsen.
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7
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To make worse
or more troublesome.
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