अंग्रेजी एक लिंगुआ फ्रेंका के साथ विभिन्न परीक्षाओं में सफलता का गोल्डन पासपोर्ट भी हैI आईये, हम भी अंग्रेजी के अपने ज्ञान को बढ़ायें –
Choose the closest meaning of the words given in the capital letters –
1. BEMUSE
(A) to bewilder, to distract (B) to belong (C) to consider
2. BOUNTIFUL
(A) brave (B) generous, magnanimous (C) clamorous
3. CLOG
(A) to block, to obstruct (B) devoted, pious(C) to arrange
4. CODDLE
(A) to pamper (B) to crumble (C) to cruise
5. EPISTEMIC
(A) cognitive (B) contradictory (C) mischievous
6. ARRAY
(A) collection (B) knowledge (C) resistance
7. ACQUIESCENCE
(A) compliance, acceptance (B) transparency (C) association
Answers: 1.A 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.A 6.A 7.A
Choose the word most nearly opposite to the words given in the capital letters –
1. PAMPER
(A) to neglect (B) to persuade (C) to wrap
2. ACKONOWLEDGE
(A) conclude (B) to deny (C) to coagulate
3. COUNTERMAND
(A) to crack (B) to cover (C) to uphold
4.EUPHORIA
(A) courtesy (B) misery (C) eviction
5. HARD-LINE
(A) moderate (B) assiduous (C) noxious
6. INCIPIENT
(A) immaterial (B) inclusive (C) full-blown
7. ACQUIT
(A)to indemnify (B) to indict, to arraign (C) to instil
1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.B
LET US KNOW THESE PHRASAL VERBS
To get across to somebody – to be understood by somebody (समझ में आना) The vested interests of the political parties are gradually getting across to the common masses of the country.
To sweep something away – to get rid of something completely (किसी चीज से पूरी तरह से छुटकारा पाना) The globalization, fast sweeping across the countries, has swept away the old life style of the people,especially of the urban areas.
To marry up with something – to connect or join up something successfully (मेल होना, जुड़ना, संबंध रखना) The statistics of reduction in the national poverty published in the media do not marry up with the reality on the grounds.
To spill over something – to flow over the edge of something (किनारे से नीचे गिरना या बहना) When the boy served me the tea, it was spilling over from the cup.
LET US KNOW THESE FOREIGN WORDS
sine qua non – an essential condition (एक अनिवार्य शर्त) Education is a sine qua non of holistic development of a nation like India in the modern age of the 21st century
inter alia – among other things (अन्य बातों के साथ-साथ) The prime minister spoke very emotionally upon many serous issues, inter alia, the fast deteriorating socio-economic condition of the common masses of the country.
dramatis personae – plural noun, the characters in a drama or novel (किसी नाटक या उपन्यास में सभी पात्र) There was a long list of dramatis personae in the film I had watched last week.
WORD OF THE WEEK
(1.) ACCENTUATE – verb, to focus, to emphasise, to draw attention to, to highlight (जोर देना, अधिक सुस्पष्ट करना, ध्यान केंद्रित करना) The government has been trying hard to accentuate the various welfare programmes launched over the past decade to persuade the voters.
