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Unit 14: Synonyms and Antonyms

43. Commodious Notes
(i) suitable (ii) convenient (iii) roomy (iv) spacious
44. Complaisant
(i) desirous of pleasing (ii) obliging
(iii) facile (iv) ready to condone
45. Compunction
(i) guilt (ii) pricking of conscience
(iii) remorse (iv) regret tinged with pity
46. Concur
(i) to run together (ii) to meet on one point
(iii) to coincide (iv) to act together
47. Confound
(i) to overthrow (ii) to confuse
(iii) to throw into disorder (iv) to defeat in argument
48. Consecrate
(i) to render holy (ii) venerable (iii) hallowed (iv) devoted
49. Contingent
(i) dependent on something else (ii) liable
(iii) not certain to happen (iv) accidental
50. Contraband
(i) excluded by law (ii) prohibited (iii) illegal traffic (iv) smuggled goods
51. Corollary
(i) an easy inference (ii) a consequence (iii) result (iv) a supplement
52. Corroborate
(i) to confirm (ii) to make certain (iii) to ascertain (iv) to ensure
53. Craven
(i) cowardly (ii) a spiritless fellow
(iii) to surrender (iv) one who gives in without a fight
54. Daunt
(i) discourage (ii) disable (iii) terrify (iv) tackle
55. Dank
(i) damp (ii) dark (iii) gloomy (iv) ill
56. Dastard
(i) a coward
(ii) one who does a brutal act without giving his victim a chance
(iii) shrinking from danger (iv) lack of courage
57. Diatribe
(i) variety (ii) bitter and violent attack in words
(iii) confusing (iv) rubbish
58. Dirge
(i) prophecy (ii) music of mourning
(iii) curfew (iv) scarcity

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