What are the correct definitions and synonyms for the underlined words in the following sentences?

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40. The teachers apparent nonchalant attitude was misconstrued by his students.
"Misconstrued" means to interpret (something) wrongly.

• C) misinterpreted

41. Let us not indulge in recrimination, an unfounded allegation.
"Recrimination" means an accusation in response to one from someone else.

• A) counter accusation

42. Teachers of music believe in its therapeutic effect.
"Therapeutic" means relating to the healing of disease.

• B) healing

43. The man outran his wife when they heard the eerie sound.
"Eerie" means strange and frightening.

• C) scary

44. The Executive Secretary has just assumed office.
"Assumed" (in this context) means taken on or begun to have (power, responsibility, etc.).

• B) started work

45. The warring tribes have been told to parley with each other.
"Parley" means to hold a conference with the opposing side to discuss terms.

• A) hold talks

46. Hells a stringer for a newspaper.
A "stringer" is a freelance journalist who is paid per piece of published work.

• D) freelancer

47. Adigun's jokes are always puerile.
"Puerile" means childishly silly and immature.

• C) childish

48. I wish the commander were less adamant about his proposed reprisal attack on the enemy.
"Adamant" means refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.

• A) unyielding

49. The leader has the unstinting support of his party.
"Unstinting" means given or given without restraint; unsparing.

• D) generous

50. The party supporters vilified the Chairman for the role he played in the crisis that rocked the party.
"Vilified" means spoke or wrote about in an abusively disparaging manner.

• C) condemned

51. The company is to shed three thousand staff this year.
"Shed" (in this context) means to get rid of (something unwanted or unnecessary).

• B) layoff

52. There was a glut of oil on the market.
"Glut" means an excessively abundant supply of something.

• C) an abundance

53. The boys knew that a storm was imminent.
"Imminent" means about to happen.

• B) impending

54. The nurse was in favour of voluntary euthanasia.
"Euthanasia" means the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.

• D) a painless death

55. The cynics feared that the nation's nascent democracy would fail.
"Nascent" means (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

• D) beginning

56. The essence of governance is to seek the good and well-being of the majority of the people.
"Essence" means the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something.

• C) characteristic

57. From what she said, one may infers that she does not like the course.
"Infers" means deduces or concludes (information) from evidence and reasoning.

• C) deduce