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Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence. Just as we thought our chuckles had subsided. - English

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Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.

Just as we thought our chuckles had subsided.

Options

  • diminished

  • increased

  • completed

  • submerged

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diminished

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Chapter 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Vocabulary [Page 149]

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Chapter 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
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