16 Nov

Question 1

convoy

Answer 1

a group of vehicles or ships travelling together

Question 2

dictum

Answer 2

a short statement expressed that people always believe to be true and followed

Question 3

personage

Answer 3

an important or famous person

Question 4

complacent

Answer 4

feeling too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you think that there is no need to worry

Question 5

reverberation

Answer 5

resonance,echo

a continuing effect,a repercussion

Question 6

stonewall

Answer 6

delay or obstruct (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by being evasive

Question 7

defiant

Answer 7

showing an open refusal to obey something/someone

Question 8

embolden

Answer 8

encourage,strenghten

Question 9

unabated

Answer 9

without becoming weaker

Question 10

emphatically

Answer 10

with sensitivity to the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others

Question 11

prima facie

Answer 11

based on what appears to be true at first, even though it may be proved false later

Question 12

debacle

Answer 12

an event or situation that is a complete failure and causes embarrassment

Question 13

vantage

Answer 13

a place or position affording a good view of something.
pov
stance

Question 14

periphery

Answer 14

outer edge of a particular important area

the less important part of something, for example of a particular activity or of a social or political group

Question 15

littoral

Answer 15

Anything littoral has to do with a coast or shore. A littoral state has a coast, so Florida, California, and North Carolina are littoral states, to name a few. … You can also use littoral as a noun to mean the area near a coast or shore — if you grew up near the water, you grew up in a littoral.

Question 16

disingenuous

Answer 16

not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does
dishonest,deceitful,underhand

Question 17

sting

Answer 17

to make somebody/something feel a sudden, sharp pain

Question 18

goad

Answer 18

to cause somebody to do something by making him/her angry

Question 19

debauch

Answer 19

corrupt

a bout of excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs

Question 20

servility

Answer 20

slavish,obsequious

CHAATNA

Question 21

incumbent

Answer 21

person who currently is in official position

Question 22

contumacious

Answer 22

(especially of a defendant’s behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority

Question 23

ratchet

Answer 23

cause something to rise or fall as a step in a steady and irreversible process

Question 24

centrifuge

Answer 24

a machine with a part that turns round very quickly to separate substances, for example liquids from solids, by forcing the heavier substance to the outer edge

Question 25

putsch

Answer 25

a violent attempt to overthrow a government; a coup