Set 3

Question 1

Sedate

Example: It’s so engrossing how his personality shifted from being the loquacious guy in the class to being called a sedate person now. Even at times of conflicts, he considers subsiding and rather possesses a strategic approach.

Answer 1

Calm, dignified, unhurried

Synonyms: subside

Question 2

Loquacious

Example: It’s so engrossing how his personality shifted from being the loquacious guy in the class to being called a sedate person now. Even at times of conflicts, he considers subsiding and rather possesses a strategic approach.

Answer 2

Talkative

Question 3

Melancholy

My friend’s melancholy phase after his break up soon transitioned into a reform phase, compelling all the office employees to grind hard.

Answer 3

A feeling of sadness which lasts for a long time

Question 4

Subside

Example: It’s so engrossing how his personality shifted from being the loquacious guy in the class to being called a sedate person now. Even at times of conflicts, he considers subsiding and rather possesses a strategic approach.

Answer 4

To become calmer or quieter

Synonyms: sedate

Question 5

Vengeance

Example: The feeling of vengeance for no cause intimates that there’s that fire beneath you.

Answer 5

Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong

Question 6

Beef up

Example: Time for a social media break, returning as a better version of myself, as I’m gonna beef up in the meanwhile.

Answer 6

Strengthen

Question 7

Coercively

Example: Commercialisation of agriculture was coercively introduced by the Britishers.

Answer 7

Using force to persuade people to do things that they are unwilling to do

Question 8

Ejection

Example: Zamindari System led to frequent ejection of the tillers of the soil.

Answer 8

The action of forcing something or someone out

Question 9

Sound

Example: India could not develop a sound industrial base during the British rule.

Answer 9

In good condition

Question 10

Avenues

Example: Despite the continuous exploitation of tillers of the soil, they couldn’t leave agriculture due to lack of vocational avenues outside it.

Answer 10

The way of getting or doing something

Question 11

Truncate

The British Raj led to the exploitation of the farmers and truncated the growth process of agriculture.

Answer 11

To make something shorter or slower

Question 12

Hibernating

Example: Thanks for taking me out from the hibernation

Answer 12

Being in an inactive or dormant state