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1. Obstreperous:
 Meaning – belligerent, bellicose.
 Sentence- The obstreperous Netaji never let the British breathe a sigh of relief.

2. Sprawled:
 Meaning- spread as one sits.
 Sentence- The kid sprawled on the new tricycle he got.

3. Proliferate:
 Meaning – to propagate.
 Sentence- The rampant proliferation of swine flu caused panic in the country.

4. Dirge:
 Meaning- a mournful poem(noun), to mourn(verb).
 Sentence- a. The composer composed a heartwarming dirge in the memory of the late saint.
                  b. The whole nation wants to dirge for the passing away of the great late saint.

5. Tenuous:
 Meaning- slender/ thin.
 Sentence- The acrobat walked on the extremely tenuous steel wire very easily.

6. Invasive:
 Meaning-tending to invade.
 Sentence- The Indian Army is always alert against the invasive terrorist forces.

7. Moot:
 Meaning-  to raise an issue or a question or a topic for discussion.
 Sentence- The host mooted the topic for the debate and the show began.

8. Benign:
 Meaning-  extremely kind.
 Sentence- Mother Teresa was, perhaps, one of the most benign humans who ever lived.

9. Bluster:
 Meaning- to talk very loudly.
 Sentence- The wife usually blusters and the husband rarely retorts – that’s the secret of a happy
                   married life.

10. Flex:
 Meaning- to bend/ stoop.
 Sentence- The athlete flexed his muscles day and night to prepare for the upcoming race.