CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A serious event causing distress or misfortune
A
calamity
B
thrifty
C
stammer
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -calamities. Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war. Near synonyms are catastrophe and disaster.

Detailed explanation-2: -adversity, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, hardship, misfortune, mishap, scourge, woe, affliction, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, misadventure, mischance, reverse, ruin, trial, tribulation.

Detailed explanation-3: -: a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering. calamities of nature. an economic calamity. : a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss.

Detailed explanation-4: -a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering: A series of calamities ruined them-floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son.

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