A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning

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Usage : Welcoming constructive criticism, lexy
appreciated her editor;'s comments, finding them free of carping.


7.CASTIGATION X COMMENDATION

Meaning : Punishment,severe criticism.


Usage : Sensitive even to mild criticism, woolf
could not bear the castigation that she found in certain reviews.


8.CATEGORIAL X QUALIFIED

Meaning : Without exceptions,unqualified.


Usage : Though the captain claimed he was never,
sick at sea, he finally qualified his categorial denial.


9.CATHOLIC X NARROW

Meaning : Universal,wide ranging liberal.


Usage : He was extremely catholic in his taste
and read everything the could find in the library.


10.CELERITY X DELAY

Meaning : Speed,rapidity


Usage : Hamlet resented his mother's celerity
in remarrying
within a month after his father's death.

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