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Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence. Our father rejected it, saying it wouldn’t be sturdy. - English

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Question

Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.

Our father rejected it, saying it wouldn’t be sturdy.

Options

  • weak

  • strong

  • tall

  • good

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Solution

strong

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Chapter 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Vocabulary [Page 149]

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Chapter 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
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