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Root word: 11

Cede

Concede Recede

Cede/Cess
(withdraw, go
away, yield)

Precede Cessation

1. Cede (verb) – Give up (power or territory) हार मानना

Synonym – surrender, concede, relinquish, yield, part with, give up

2. Recede (verb) – Go or move back or further away from a previous position. पीछे हटना
Synonym – retreat, go back, move back, move further off, move away, withdraw

3. Cessation (noun) – The fact or process of ending or being brought to an end.

Synonym – termination, stopping, halting, ceasing, finish, finishing, stoppage

4. Precede (noun) – Come before (something) in time. आगे जाना

Synonym – come before, go before, go in advance of, lead up to, lead to, pave the way for

5. Concede (verb) – Admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it. कबूल
करना
Synonym – admit, acknowledge, accept, allow, grant, recognize, own, confess

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Practice Exercise
Direction (Q1 – Q5): Select the best express synonym of the given words
1. We are defending the country by ceding our own powers of self-defense to a set of managers
external to ourselves.
A. Preempt
B. Propensity
C. Agrarian
D. Yield
E. None of the above
2. I heard her voice recede as her mouth moved farther from the phone.
A. Sacrosanct
B. Suspend
C. Convivial
D. Patriarch
E. None of the above
3. His work since then has been acknowledged as instrumental in bringing a cessation of
hostilities in the North.
A. Perjury
B. Clemency
C. Stoppage
D. Perfunctory
E. None of the above
4. There was no mention in the evidence of any explosion preceding this observation.
A. Repercussion
B. Antedate
C. Deluge
D. Oblique
E. None of the above
5. It is true, as I concede in the essay, that money is fungible.
A. Revere
B. Levity
C. Steadfast
D. Admit
E. None of the above

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Answers
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B 5.D
Explanation of other important words

Sr. NO Words Meanings

Q1 Preempt verb To seize something by prior right जगह ले लेना

Propensity noun Natural inclination or tendency; झक

ु ाव
a predilection
Agrarian adjective Relating to land; relating to the कृषि संबंधी, भूमम-
management or farming of land
संबंधी
Q2 Sacrosanct adjective Sacred; held to be inviolable पषवत्र
Convivial adjective Fond of Partying; Festive खश
ु नम
ु ा; उत्सव
का
Patriarch noun The male head of a family or कुलपति
tribe
Q3 Perjury noun Lying under oath झूठा साक्ष्य

Clemency noun Mercy; forgiveness; mildness दया, कोमलिा

Perfunctory adjective Unenthusiastic; careless असावधान

Q4 Repercussion noun A consequence; an indirect प्रतिक्रिया,

effect
प्रतिप्रभाव
Deluge noun a flood; an inundation बाढ़
Oblique adjective Indirect; at an angle अप्रत्यक्ष

Q5 Revere verb To respect highly; to honor सम्मान

Levity noun Lightness; frivolity; हल्कापन

unseriousness
Steadfast adjective Loyal; faithful दृढ़

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