1. b 2.c 3.a

1.Vanquish

Meaning: defeat thoroughly.

Synonym: conquer, defeat

Antonym: surrender

Sentence: “he successfully vanquished his rival”

2.Alliteration

Meaning: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the

beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Synonym: exaggeration, expression.

Sentence: “the alliteration of ‘sweet birds sang’

3. Tarnish

Meaning: lose or cause to lose lustre, especially as a result of

exposure to air or moisture

Synonym: discolour, stain, rust, oxidize, corrode, deteriorate;

Antonym: brighten, polish

Sentence: “silver tarnishes too easily”

4. b 5. c 6.  a

4.Reverberate

Meaning: (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo.

Synonym: resound, echo, re-echo, repeat, resonate, pulsate,

vibrate,

Antonym: dampen, deaden, dull, quiet

Sentence: “her deep booming laugh reverberated around the

room”

5. Revulsion

Meaning: a sense of disgust and loathing.

Synonym: disgust, repulsion, abhorrence,

Sentence:”news of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion”

6. Badinage

Meaning: humorous or witty conversation

Synonym: repartee

Sentence: “he developed a nice line in badinage with the Labour

leader”

7.d 8.c 9. b10. a

7. Banter

Meaning: the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.

Synonym: wisecracks, crosstalk, wordplay; More

Sentence:”there was much good-natured banter”

8. Sobriquet

Meaning: a person’s nickname.

Synonym: alias, byname, cognomen, epithet

Sentence: “she was a vast and haughty person who answered to

the sobriquet ‘Duchesse’”

9. Skulduggery

Meaning: underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or

activities.

Synonym: trickery, swindling, fraudulence

Sentence: “a firm that investigates commercial skulduggery”

10. Sinister

Meaning: giving the impression that something harmful or evil is

happening or will happen.

Synonym: menacing, threatening, ominous

Antonym: auspicious, benign, bright, encouraging, favorable

Sentence: “there was something sinister about that murmuring

voice”