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                            Vocabs $22

1) Portmanteau –

              ➜ a leather bag;

                 ➜ A word whose form and meaning are derived                          from a blending of two or more distinct forms

        Example-    smog = smoke + fog

                           Brunch = breakfast + launch

                           Podcast = iPod + broadcast

              

               Sentence – Podcast is a portmanteau from iPod                      and broadcast.

2) Repertoire(re-pe-twa)–  

 ➜inventory, collection, amount, pool     

    of something;

➜A stock of play, dance or items that a group or a performer knows or is prepared to perform

Sentence – John has expanded his repertoire of

 stamps with this new amazing one.

3) Repository(ri-po-si-tory) – collection, inventory

Sentence – He has a repository of great books.

4) Populism – political ideas and activities that are intended to get the support of ordinary people by giving them what they want  

  Sentence – The government came to power on a 

   a wave of populism.