All languages are full of complicated but useful words - the kind of words you might come across in a newspaper, yet easily misunderstand. Can you choose the correct synonym or explanation for each of the following?

► Actual: present, real, immediate.
► disclaim: talk loudly, deny, refuse
► deserve: stop serving, merit, serve
► invaluable: of no value, of little value, of great value
► ghastly: spiritual, very bad, very good.
► to ponder: to think carefully, to add weight, to lay an egg.
► to subside: to go down, to give money, to reduce
► to injure: to talk abusively, to hurt, to please
► contiguous: without end, touching, long-lasting.
► to refrain: to sing loudly, to do something again, to not do something

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