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exciting: to bring out, stimulate or arouse interest boring: causing boredom or unable to engage one's interest

The phase 'Achilles' heel' means a small problem or weakness in a person or system that can result in failure. The phrase has it origin traced to the legend of Achilles, which tells the talk of Achilles, how he was dipped into the river by his mother, That is in order to make him invulnerable. His heel wasn't covered by the water and he was later killed by a narrow wound to his heel.

'Constitution' is stressed on the third syllable as seen in option C

Option A sharp has the same consonant at the beginning of the word

Option D has the same consonant sound at the beginning of the word 'hammer'

Still going by the rule when answering questions on emphatic stress, the option that doesn't have the emphasized word. In this case 'DISPOSITION' is the emphasized word on the only option without it is option D

Some words are made up of a root and a suffix: dangerous = root –> danger + ous –< suffix commercial = root –> commerc(e) + al –< suffix In some words with suffixes, the stress stays on the same syllable as in the root. Compare: ‘danger and: ‘dangerous In other words, the suffix changes the stressed syllable. Compare: ‘commerce and: com‘mercial Suffixes which don’t usually change the stress pattern in the root word include (however they maybe some exceptions.) -able, -age, -al, -er, -ful, -less, -ness, -ous and -fy. For example: comfort – ‘comfortable per‘cent – per’centage e‘lectric – e‘lectrical ‘amplify –‘amplifier re‘gret – re‘gretful re‘gard – re‘gardless ‘foolish – ‘foolishness di‘saster – di‘sastrous ‘beauty – ‘beautify (However they maybe some exceptions.) Exceptions with -able and -al include: ad‘mire – ‘admirable pre‘fer – ‘preferable ‘medicine – me‘dicinal ‘agriculture – agri‘cultural

The word 'remunerate' as used in the sentence means paid for services rendered or work done, while the word 'handsomely' means to a large degree, substantially and also connotes attractiveness

The word Parsimonious means very unwilling to spend money or use resources. On the other hand 'Generous is the opposite', meaning to give more of something especially money From the above meaning of each words of option, generous best describes the opposite of parsimonious, as every other option is synonymous to parsimonious

Make much of means to give much attention to someone or something or to treat very well

The question has the word watershed italicized. The word means an event or perfect marking a turning point in a situation. It is synonymous to the word landmark which means an event or discovering marking an important stage or turning point in something

The correct option is option A (makes). This is so because singular nouns just like 'snakes and ladders' are always followed by a singular verb and 'makes' is a singular verb. Recall one of the rules of concords says that, if the subject is singular, the verb should be singular and if the subject is plural, the verb should also be plural. To better understand this, 'snakes and ladders' as used in this context refers to a game and not independent words. Hence, it will be followed by a singular verb. A singular verb is a word that shows or explains what the subject has done, or what is being done, or what will be done. It is always used with a singular subject in a sentence. In this regards, 'makes' explains what 'snakes and ladders' as a game does to the speaker. Note that adverbs do not change the verb tense

Means the pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or creative work.

Consultation ; the action or process of formally consulting or discussing. example: "they improved standards in consultation with consumer representatives" synonyms: discussion, dialogue, discourse, debate, negotiation, conference, deliberation confrontation; a hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties.example "a confrontation with the legislature" synonyms: conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter, head-to-head, face-off, engagement, tangle, skirmish, collision, meeting, duel, incident,

When the article 'a' is used to introduce a time session it implies that you are making a singular form of what is actually plural. Generally, one should hyphenate two or more words when they come before a noun they modify and act as a single idea.