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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Over the years we have been degenerating into a
people who may, only in a very superficial and mechanical manner, be called
more educated but are really more petty and bigoted.
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1
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elaborate or
extravagant; florid; showy
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B
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Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat may partly be the
result of his excessively flamboyant
style and arrogance.
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2
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In a manner lacking
vigor or force
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C
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Prince Vasili
always spoke languidly, like an
actor
repeating
a stale part.
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3
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Gloomy, depressed
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D
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She suddenly
paused, smiling at her own impetuosity.
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4
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unwilling to
tolerate difference of opinion
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E
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May
in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding
month.
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5
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Rashness, Impulsiveness
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F
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I observed the
signs of impending doom not
because I
was so much more
perceptive than the others at the firm, but simply because I spent the most
time with the man.
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6
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To seize and
hold by force
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G
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That Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to
that country this weekend will be the first State visit by an Indian leader
in a quarter of a century is a testament to the parlous state of Indo-Myanmar relations.
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7
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Boldness, Guts, Commonsense
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H
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But its backing of the military was also
half-hearted and China usurped the
benefits that might have flowed from embracing the generals.
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8
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About to happen, imminent
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I
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It's hardly likely that the Centre will have
the gumption to set up a
constitutional review committee for J&K.
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9
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Perilous;
dangerous
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