Confidant (adj)
Confident….. Confident is a close friend on whom you can repose your confident.
One to whom secrets are entrusted.As in above pic.
E.g.: He was a great confidant of Long John Silver.
Syn: intimate , assured, convinced, courageous, dauntless, presumptuous, sanguine, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat
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Confidant ( Antonyms)
A) nemesis
B) accomplice
C) confederate
D) Buff
E) Bulimic
Popularity: 19% [?]
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Sage (n)
S+ age……….
Reaching the age of maturity, a person becomes a sage.
E.g.:
>> Sage advice.
>> The sage who writes it.
Syn: academician, mastermind, prodigy, pundit, scholar
Ant: moron
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Sage (Antonyms)
A) seer
B) savant
C) imbecile
D) pundit
E) cirrus
Popularity: 33% [?]
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Leeway (n)
Lee+way=leeway…
Lee jean gives very less leeway to move around the waist. So leeway means freedom to do someting.
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Meaning:
>> a margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude
>> an allowable margin of freedom or variation
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>>a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
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Usage:
>> some little allowance for leeway in not being over-smart about it.
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Leeway (Antonym)
A) peonage
B) endurance
C) stamina
D) freedom
E) room
Popularity: 14% [?]
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Viable (adj)
They were able to go via the viable route.
Meaning:
viable adj. sound and workable; feasible
Popularity: 11% [?]
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Annuity (adj)
Annual is the word used for yearly basis. So annuity is yearly allowance.
Meaning:
A specified income payable at stated intervals for a fixed or a contingent period, often for the recipient’s life, in consideration of a stipulated premium paid either in prior installment payments or in a single payment.
Popularity: 11% [?]
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Agile (adj)
Age +. Person of lower age shows more agility than old one.
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Eg:
>>> An agile mind.
>>> Her powerful body and agile limbs.
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>>> A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks.
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Syn: active, brisk, buoyant, bustling, deft, dexterous, lithe, mercurial, prompt, quick, spirited, sportive, spry, stirring, supple
Ant: brittle, clumsy, ponderous, stiff
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Agile (Antonym)
A) Fleet
B) Frisky
C) Limber
D) Oafish
E) Zippy
Popularity: 20% [?]
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