Daily Vocabulary Test – 14 July 2026
✓ Editorials Covered: 3
✓ Total Questions: 80
✓ Difficulty: Tough–Advanced
✓ Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
Covers:
✓ Vocabulary MCQs
✓ Synonyms
✓ Antonyms
✓ Idioms & Phrases
✓ One Word Substitution
✓ Fill in the Blanks
✓ Word Formation
✓ Spotting the Error
✓ Spelling Test
✓ Cloze Test
Start Test ↓
SECTION A/10: VOCABULARY MASTERY
1. In the context of electoral processes, what does the term “disenfranchisement” refer to?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. The state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote
💡 Explanation: Disenfranchisement involves exclusion from voting and deprivation of fundamental democratic rights.
2. What is the meaning of the adjective “effervescent” as used to describe a football team?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Vivacious, enthusiastic, and full of life
💡 Explanation: Effervescent means bubbly, lively, and vibrant, characterizing a highly energetic performance.
3. How is the term “counter-majoritarian” defined in a judicial context?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Acting against or opposing the preferences of the majority to protect minority rights
💡 Explanation: It refers to institutions like courts acting to check the majority and protect the powerless.
4. Which of the following best defines an “aberration”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected
💡 Explanation: An aberration is an anomaly, deviation, or irregularity that is often unwelcome.
5. What does the term “modality” signify?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. A particular mode in which something exists or is done
💡 Explanation: Modality refers to the method, procedure, or process utilized to accomplish a specific task.
6. The term “archipelago” refers to:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. An extensive group of islands
💡 Explanation: An archipelago is an island chain, cluster of islands, or an extensive group of islands.
7. What is the precise meaning of “resuscitation”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. The action or process of reviving someone from unconsciousness or apparent death
💡 Explanation: Resuscitation is a lifesaving measure intended to revive or recover someone.
8. A “titlist” in the context of sports refers to:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. A person or team holding a sports championship title
💡 Explanation: A titlist is the champion, victor, or titleholder in a sporting competition.
9. If someone is “seething”, they are:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Filled with intense but unexpressed anger
💡 Explanation: Seething means being furious, enraged, fuming, or boiling with hidden anger.
10. The Latin phrase “ex-post facto” is used to describe an action that is:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Executed with retroactive effect or force
💡 Explanation: Ex-post facto means retroactively, retrospectively, or after the fact.
11. What is the definition of “praxis”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Practice, as distinguished from theory
💡 Explanation: Praxis means the application, use, execution, or implementation of a theory.
12. A “fait accompli” leaves those affected with:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. No option but to accept a thing that has already happened or been decided
💡 Explanation: It refers to an accomplished fact, a done deal, or an irreversible reality.
13. To “condone” a behavior means to:
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Accept or allow behavior that is considered morally wrong to continue
💡 Explanation: Condoning means to excuse, overlook, disregard, or pardon inappropriate behavior.
14. What does the term “casualty” refer to in the context of a disaster?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. A person killed or injured in an accident
💡 Explanation: A casualty is a victim, fatality, or sufferer resulting from an incident or conflict.
15. A “yardstick” is best described as:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. A standard used for comparison
💡 Explanation: A yardstick functions as a measure, standard, gauge, or benchmark.
SECTION B/10: SYNONYMS
16. Choose the closest synonym for “reiterate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Repeat
💡 Explanation: To reiterate means to say something again or multiple times for emphasis.
17. Choose the closest synonym for “submerge”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Engulf
💡 Explanation: To submerge means to cause to be under water, immerse, or engulf.
18. Choose the closest synonym for “mesmerising”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Enthralling
💡 Explanation: Mesmerising means capturing one’s complete attention, spellbinding, or enthralling.
19. Choose the closest synonym for “galore”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. In abundance
💡 Explanation: Galore means existing in great quantity or abundance.
20. Choose the closest synonym for “innate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Inherent
💡 Explanation: Innate refers to something that is inborn, natural, intrinsic, or inherent.
21. Choose the closest synonym for “unprecedented”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Unparalleled
💡 Explanation: Unprecedented means never done or known before; unmatched or unparalleled.
22. Choose the closest synonym for “manoeuvre”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Handling
💡 Explanation: A manoeuvre is a movement or operation requiring skill and care, such as steering or handling.
23. Choose the closest synonym for “surge”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Escalation
💡 Explanation: A surge is a sudden powerful forward or upward movement; an escalation or increase.
24. Choose the closest synonym for “deliberation”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Reflection
💡 Explanation: Deliberation involves long and careful consideration, thought, or reflection.
25. Choose the closest synonym for “marginalise”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Sideline
💡 Explanation: To marginalise is to treat a person or group as insignificant; to sideline or isolate them.
SECTION C/10: ANTONYMS
26. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “cautious”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Reckless
💡 Explanation: Cautious means being careful to avoid danger, whereas reckless implies acting without regard for consequences.
27. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “disproportionate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Balanced
💡 Explanation: Disproportionate means out of proportion or uneven. Balanced is the direct opposite.
28. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “authoritarian”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Democratic
💡 Explanation: Authoritarian enforces strict obedience at the expense of freedom, whereas democratic (or liberal) upholds such freedoms.
29. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “effervescent”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Apathetic
💡 Explanation: Effervescent means full of life and enthusiastic, while apathetic implies a lack of interest or energy.
30. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “overturn”.
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Uphold
💡 Explanation: To overturn is to reverse or annul a decision. To uphold is to maintain or support it.
31. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “spirited”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Lethargic
💡 Explanation: Spirited means full of energy and determination. Lethargic means sluggish and apathetic.
32. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “unprecedented”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Customary
💡 Explanation: Unprecedented signifies something never done before. Customary refers to something normal, traditional, or routine.
33. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “narrow”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Broad
💡 Explanation: Narrow means small in width or margin. Broad means covering a large area or scope.
34. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “vulnerable”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Secure
💡 Explanation: Vulnerable means at risk or exposed to harm, whereas secure means protected and safe.
35. Choose the most appropriate antonym for “optimism”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Pessimism
💡 Explanation: Optimism is confidence about the future. Pessimism (or apprehension) is expecting a negative outcome.
SECTION D/10: IDIOMS & PHRASES
36. What does the idiom “short shrift” imply?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Rapid and unsympathetic dismissal or little attention
💡 Explanation: Giving something short shrift means disregarding it or treating it with indifference and neglect.
37. If a boat is said to “turn turtle”, what has happened to it?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. It has capsized or turned upside down
💡 Explanation: “Turn turtle” is an idiom describing a vessel that has flipped over or capsized in the water.
38. What does it mean to “turn over a new leaf”?
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✓ Correct Answer: A. To start to act or behave in a better or more responsible way
💡 Explanation: It means to reform, start afresh, amend one’s ways, or change for the better.
39. To “poke at the heart of” an issue means to:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Directly target, challenge, or threaten the most essential or core part
💡 Explanation: It means striking at the essence or undermining the absolute center of a concept or right.
40. When something is described as “part and parcel”, it is considered:
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✓ Correct Answer: D. An essential or integral component
💡 Explanation: The phrase means it is a basic, integral, or key feature of the whole.
SECTION E/10: ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
41. A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Aberration
💡 Explanation: An aberration is an anomaly, abnormality, or deviation from the standard.
42. The state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Disenfranchisement
💡 Explanation: Disenfranchisement means the deprivation of voting rights or political marginalisation.
43. An extensive group or chain of islands:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Archipelago
💡 Explanation: An archipelago is a cluster, string, or large group of islands in a sea.
44. The temporary removal of a player from a competition as a punishment:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Suspension
💡 Explanation: A suspension is a ban, exclusion, or barring of an individual as a penal measure.
45. A thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it:
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Fait accompli
💡 Explanation: Fait accompli represents a reality or done deal that leaves no option but to accept it.
SECTION F/10: FILL IN THE BLANKS
46. Safety ________ should not be given short shrift in tourism and adventure.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. protocols
💡 Explanation: Safety protocols are the formal rules and procedures meant to safeguard life.
47. As the weather turned rough and the speedboat took a sharp turn, it ________ to the left.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. tilted
💡 Explanation: To tilt means to move into a leaning or sloping position, causing the imbalance.
48. When the 2026 World Cup kicked off on June 11 in Mexico City, the air was filled with cautious ________.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. optimism
💡 Explanation: Cautious optimism indicates a careful but hopeful expectation for the tournament.
49. However, on the administrative front, the tournament has been ________ wanting.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. found
💡 Explanation: To be “found wanting” is a phrase meaning to be judged as inadequate or deficient.
50. The higher judiciary’s handling of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls raises questions about judicial ________.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. scrutiny
💡 Explanation: Judicial scrutiny refers to the legal oversight and review by the courts.
51. The letter reiterated the broad concern that the SIR is ________, and that the framework is burdensome for ordinary citizens.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. exclusionary
💡 Explanation: Exclusionary describes a process that restricts or marginalizes people, keeping them out.
52. The right to vote is a significant facet of political ________ envisaged by the Constitution.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. expression
💡 Explanation: Political expression refers to manifesting one’s democratic choices, such as voting.
53. Almost all the passenger weight shifted at once, the boat lost balance and turned ________.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. turtle
💡 Explanation: The phrase “turned turtle” means the boat capsized or flipped completely upside down.
54. This is why there is no effective ________ on the legality of the process, particularly with regard to its vagueness.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. deliberation
💡 Explanation: Deliberation refers to long and careful consideration or discussion.
55. The Indian Supreme Court is one of the most powerful ________ in the world.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. institutions
💡 Explanation: An institution is a major established organization; the Court is a judicial institution.
SECTION G/10: WORD FORMATION
56. What is the verb form of the noun “disenfranchisement”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Disenfranchise
💡 Explanation: “Disenfranchise” is the base verb meaning to deprive someone of the right to vote.
57. Which of the following is the adjective form of the noun “institution”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Institutional
💡 Explanation: “Institutional” is the adjective referring to systemic or organizational structures.
58. Select the noun form of the verb “reiterate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Reiteration
💡 Explanation: “Reiteration” is the noun form denoting the act of repeating something for emphasis.
59. What is the adjective form of the noun “optimism”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Optimistic
💡 Explanation: “Optimistic” describes someone or something characterized by hopefulness and confidence.
60. Identify the noun form corresponding to the verb “resuscitate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Resuscitation
💡 Explanation: “Resuscitation” is the noun referring to the action of reviving someone.
SECTION H/10: SPOTTING THE ERROR
61. Spot the error in the sentence: “Safety protocols should not be given short shrifted in tourism and adventure.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. short shrifted in
💡 Explanation: The correct idiomatic noun phrase is “short shrift”, not the past tense “shrifted”.
62. Spot the error in the sentence: “The higher judiciary’s handling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls raise questions about judicial scrutiny.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. of electoral rolls raise
💡 Explanation: The singular subject “handling” requires the singular verb “raises”, not “raise”.
63. Spot the error in the sentence: “Almost all the passenger weight shifted at once, the boat lose balance and turned turtle.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. the boat lose balance
💡 Explanation: The narrative is in the past tense (“shifted”, “turned”), so the verb should be “lost”.
64. Spot the error in the sentence: “There is no evidence to prove that Mr. Trump’s phone call to FIFA head Gianni Infantino influence the decision.”
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Gianni Infantino influence the decision.
💡 Explanation: The past event requires the past tense verb “influenced” or present perfect “has influenced”.
65. Spot the error in the sentence: “The right to vote is a significant facet of political expression envisage by the Constitution.”
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✓ Correct Answer: D. envisage by the Constitution.
💡 Explanation: The passive participle form “envisaged” (meaning foreseen or conceived) is required here.
66. Spot the error in the sentence: “Vietnam in particular has witnessed a surge in tourism, with Indians forming a substantially share of visitors.”
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✓ Correct Answer: D. forming a substantially share of visitors.
💡 Explanation: The noun “share” must be modified by the adjective “substantial”, not the adverb “substantially”.
67. Spot the error in the sentence: “The best teams are in the last four, but FIFA performed poor administratively.”
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✓ Correct Answer: D. poor administratively.
💡 Explanation: The verb “performed” must be modified by the adverb “poorly”, not the adjective “poor”.
68. Spot the error in the sentence: “Rescuers pulled them ashore where first aid and resuscitation was attempted before hospital.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. and resuscitation was attempted
💡 Explanation: The compound subject “first aid and resuscitation” requires the plural verb “were”, not “was”.
69. Spot the error in the sentence: “But governing body FIFA has not turned over a new leaves.”
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✓ Correct Answer: D. new leaves.
💡 Explanation: The correct idiom is “turn over a new leaf” (singular), meaning to start behaving better.
70. Spot the error in the sentence: “This is why the long queues at polling booths turns out to be a beautiful image of a functioning democracy.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. turns out to be a
💡 Explanation: The plural subject “queues” requires the plural verb “turn”, without the ‘s’.
SECTION I/10: SPELLING TEST
71. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. disenfranchisement
💡 Explanation: Disenfranchisement refers to depriving someone of voting rights.
72. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. resuscitation
💡 Explanation: Resuscitation is the action of reviving someone from unconsciousness.
73. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. effervescent
💡 Explanation: Effervescent means vivacious, enthusiastic, and full of life.
74. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. archipelago
💡 Explanation: An archipelago is an extensive group of islands.
75. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. mesmerising
💡 Explanation: Mesmerising means capturing one’s complete attention as if by magic.
SECTION J/10: CLOZE TEST
Directions: Read the passage below and fill in the blanks (76-80) using the exact vocabulary from the supplied editorial.
Starting from Tuesday night, Kylian Mbappe’s (76) ______ France, Lamine Yamal’s (77) ______ Spain, Jude Bellingham’s (78) ______ England and Lionel Messi’s (79) ______ Argentina will (80) ______ mesmerising the world.
76. Choose the correct word for blank (76).
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✓ Correct Answer: A. irresistible
💡 Explanation: “Irresistible” perfectly captures a team so captivating and powerful they cannot be opposed.
77. Choose the correct word for blank (77).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. organised
💡 Explanation: “Organised” describes Spain’s highly systematic and structured style of play.
78. Choose the correct word for blank (78).
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✓ Correct Answer: A. effervescent
💡 Explanation: “Effervescent” describes the lively, vibrant, and enthusiastic spirit of the English team.
79. Choose the correct word for blank (79).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. evergreen
💡 Explanation: “Evergreen” denotes enduring success, timelessness, and perennial popularity.
80. Choose the correct phrase for blank (80).
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✓ Correct Answer: C. be back
💡 Explanation: The phrase “be back” means they will return to a state of prominence, entertaining the world.
Test Completed
You have completed today’s Editorial Words Daily Vocabulary Test.