Vocabulary Test...

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
Floods often devastate the rice crop, the area's principal export, resulting in a year of great torture for the inhabitants.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. 
After the long school holiday, Mrs. Hay went to talk to Betty's teacher. "Betty is glad that school has started", she said."She is as _______."

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
A: And another thing Id like to say is that....
B: Sorry to _________, Mr. Green, but you're wanted on the phone. It's your wife.

Against the given word, there are some alternatives, one of which is either similar in meaning (synonym) or opposite in meaning (antonym) to the word. Find out which of the given alternatives is either a synonym or an antonym of the word.
MEDDLE

Against the given word, there are some alternatives, one of which is either similar in meaning (synonym) or opposite in meaning (antonym) to the word. Find out which of the given alternatives is either a synonym or an antonym of the word.
BALEFUL

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
The driver tried to avert the accident by bringing the car to a sudden halt, but to no avail.

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
Dennis devised a few computer games and sold them to one of the computer companies.

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
Excavation for the first atomic power plant started officially in $$1954$$.

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
The theory that business could operate totally without the aid of government has proved to be an erroneous belief.

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Today a great number of new medicines eradicate diseases before they become too widespread.