अंग्रेजी एक लिंगुआफ्रेंका 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 –
- ADRIFT
(A) unmoored, unanchored (B) captivating (C) justifiable - ADORN
(A) to administer (B) to embellish (C) to approve
3. AWASH
(A) flooded, inundated (B) hostile (C) rotten
4. BAROQUE
(A) blatant (B) ornate, fancy (C) scathing
5. BEDEVIL
(A) to afflict (B) to dazzle (C) to evince
6. BACKFIRE
(A) to boil (B) to boomerang (C) to destroy
7. CARNIVAL
(A) festival (B) attendant (C) occupation
Answers: 1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.B 7.A
Choose the word most nearly opposite to the words given in the capital letters-
- AVID
(A) apathetic (B) conscious(C) submersed
2.CARP
(A) to capture (B) to praise (C) to care
3.CONCLUDE
(A) to commence (B) to conceive (C) to obscure
- CLEMENCY
(A) ruthlessness (B) clearance (C) fastener -
ACME
(A) nadir (B) coercion (C) cohesion -
COLLOQUIAL
(A) formal (B) vibrant (C) monumental -
COMPLEMENTARY
(A) ambitious (B) mesmerizing (C) incompatible
1.A 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.A 6.A 7.C
Let us know these phrasal verbs
To stoop to doing something – to do something unpleasant to gain an advantage (लाभ प्राप्त करने के लिए कुछ अप्रिय कार्य करना) He is a man of integrity and high moral character. He would not stoop to deceiving his family and friends.
To go after something – to try to get something (किसी चीज को पाने की कोशिश करना) If you want to make a career in NASA then you will have to go after it very seriously.
To go against something – to break a rule or a principle (किसी नियम या सिद्धांत के विरुद्ध जाना) My parents did not allow me to marry a girl from a foreign country. It went against their familial traditions and rituals.
To even out – to make a situation more equal or fair by sharing (किसी परिस्थिति को समान और न्याययुक्त बनाना) The redistribution of wealth is essential to even out the gap between the rich and the poor in the society.
To get carried away – to become so excited that you do something silly and abnormal (किसी चीज के बारे में काफी उत्तेजित होकर असामान्य व्यवहार करना) The college girls got substantially carried away and started dancing and singing on the college campus.
To feel for somebody – to have sympathy for somebody (किसी के लिए सहानुभूति का भाव होना) Thousands of the poor families are cursed to struggle hard to earn their livelihood. I heartedly feel for them.
To lay into someone – to criticize in an angry way (क्रोधित होकर आलोचना करना, डांटना) The readers laid into him for his obscene remarks in his latest published novel.
WORD OF THE WEEK
(1.) AVERSE – adjective, strongly opposed to, having an intense feeling of repugnance and dislike (अरुचि, घृणा, नापसंदगी का भाव वाला) Mahatma Gandhi was averse to the violence and immorality in the politics of the democratic country like India.
SHREEPRAKASH SHARMA
