The secretary as well as the members ––– to submit the proposal to the Minister.

1.What figure of speech do you find in "budding beauty"?

2.Sayeed opted for a peripatetic existence which saw him travel all over the world. here "peripatetic" means –––.

3.London's status as the world's most influential city was largely a ––– from its past glories.

4.Given the ––– in house prices in the city, more and more people are setting in the suburbs.

5.The antonym of "central" is ––––.

6.A closing speech in a play, often delivered after the completion of the main action, is called –––.

7.The feeling of having seen or experienced something before is called ––––.

8."Waifs and strays" is an idiom that refers to ––– people.

9.A novel in the form of letters is called –––.

10.A lyric poem mourning the death of an individual or lamenting a tragic incident is a/an ––– .

11.Homophones are two or more words that have the same ––.

12.What does the word "commonplace" mean?