Newspaper S RC

Question 1

Repugnant

Answer 1

extremely distasteful; unacceptable. Abhorrent

In conflict with.

Question 2

Fastidious

Answer 2

excessive care or delicacy.
meticulous, attention to detail.
very high standards

Question 3

emphatic

Answer 3

expressing forcibly and clearly.

stressing on something

Question 4

prerogative

Answer 4

a right or privilege of an individual or a class.

Question 5

contentious

Answer 5

likely to cause an argument. controversial, argumentative.

Question 6

elusive

Answer 6

difficult to find, catch or achieve or remember.

Question 7

eccentric

Answer 7

a person or behaviour that is slightly strange or unconventional.
not in the centre.

Question 8

cohesion

Answer 8

sticking together tightly, union

Question 9

Belligerent

Answer 9

unfriendly, aggressive

Question 10

Injunction

Answer 10

a judicial order restraining a person from beginning or continuing an action violating/threatening to violate legal right of another, or
compelling a person to carry out a certain act, e.g. to make amends to the injured party.

Question 11

Reticent

Answer 11

Not revealing ones thought or feeling.

Question 12

Bereft

Answer 12

deprived or lacking

sad and lonely

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veracious

Answer 13

truth

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quiescent

Answer 14

inactive or dormant

Question 15

Tribunal

Answer 15

dispute solving body/ court of law.

Question 16

Tribune

Answer 16

a Popular leader

Question 17

Bereaved

Answer 17

deprived of close relation through their death

Question 18

plenary

Answer 18

absolute, full attendance of a assembly.

Question 19

belligerence

Answer 19

hostile, aggressive and war like

Question 20

Sanctification

Answer 20

“to set apart for special use or purpose.
Give moral or social sanctions to
to make it pure or holy.

Question 21

Soteriological

Answer 21

The term soteriology denotes beliefs and doctrines concerning salvation in any specific religion, as well as the study of the subject.

Question 22

Antithesis

Answer 22

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

Question 23

Dire

Answer 23

extremely important, urgently needed or of poor quality.

Question 24

Heremetical

Answer 24

not affected by outward influence or power; isolated.
so tightly closed that no air can leave or enter
heremetic life

Question 25

Ad hoc

Answer 25

when necessary or needed.

Question 26

nemesis

Answer 26

the inescapable agent of someone’s or something’s downfall.

a long-standing rival; an arch-enemy.

Question 27

circumscribed

Answer 27

restrict (something) within limits.

Question 28

decontextualizing

Answer 28

understand something in isolation, outside its context.

Question 29

Outlandish

Answer 29

looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar. weird

Question 30

Sagacity

Answer 30

having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; wise or shrewd.

Question 31

Forayed

Answer 31

a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.