अंग्रेजी एक लिंगुआ फ्रेंका के साथ विभिन्न परीक्षाओं में सफलता का गोल्डन पासपोर्ट भी है। आईये, हम भी अंग्रेजी के अपने ज्ञान को बढ़ायें–
Choose the closest meaning of the words given in the capital letters –
1. BESTIR
(A) to stir up (B) to depreciate (C) to behave
2. CONTRABAND
(A) deviation (B) a reasonable cause (C) prohibited or illegal goods
3. DEFILE
(A) to contaminate (B) to adopt (C) to repay
4. FELICITATE
(A) to urge (B) to congratulate (C) to perceive
5. INHIBIT
(A) to hinder (B) to relate to something (C) to return
6. NICTITATE
(A) to blink, to wink (B) to discharge (C) to attend
7. PISCINE
(A) concerning fish (B) practical (C) historical
1.A 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.A
Choose the word most nearly opposite to the words given in the capital letters –
1. PAUSE
(A) to continue (B) to postpone (C) to pretend
2. PINNACLE
(A) resilient (B) nadir (C) calm
3. PREY
(A) predator (B) relevant (C) loss
4. REFRESH
(A) to diminish (B) to raise (C) to weary
5. REFLECT
(A) to eliminate (B) to absorb (C) to ameliorate
6. REDUNDANT
(A) essential (B) ancient (C) contradictory
7. ASSERT
(A) to reimburse (B) to renounce (C) to succeed
Answers 1.A 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.B
LET US LEARN ABOUT THESE PHRASAL VERSB
To latch on– to start to understand something (किसी चीज को समझना शुरू करना) It took me years to latch on to what the government was doing to ameliorate the fast worsening situation of the examination system. It took me a few minutes to latch on to what my teacher was speaking about in the morning assembly.
To take in- to understand the importance of something (किसी चीज के महत्व को समझना) Most of the students found it very hard to take in the significance of the decision of the government to remove a few key chapters from the text books of history of the senior classes.
To watch out– to be careful about some possible dangers, (घटित होनेवाले किसी खतरे से सावधान रहना) We need to watch out problems and dangers on the campus. The police officer instructed the security personnel to watch out because there were land mines all over the forest.
To find out- to get some information about something (किसी चीज के बारे में सूचना प्राप्त करना) She assured me that she will try her best to find out the contact details of the college principal.
To track something down– to find out, to look for (पता लगाना, खोज करना) I finally succeeded to track down the documents that I wanted for attending the interview.
WORD OF THE WEEK
EVADE– verb, to avoid facing something, to turn aside, to intentionally avoid something which is embarrassing or difficult to manage. (किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को टालना, किसी कठिन और परेशान करनेवाली समस्या से भागना) The prime minister evaded most of the questions pertaining to the government’s strategies to deal with the unemployment problem. The culprits have so far managed to evade the arrest by the police.
Synonyms– to dodge, to duck
