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Published Fri, Jun 13 2014 10:40 AM | Last Updated on Thu, Jul 11 2019 5:01 PM

To inform someone about something

VOCABULARY

 A speech or a written passage, however short or large, is essentially a group of sentences and a sentence, in its turn, is a group of words. A rich stock of words thus becomes quite logically an essential prerequisite of language ability development. General reading like newspapers and magazines is always advisable as through sentences one can have an idea of their use and variations rather than simple denotations.
 One of the mistakes many of us make is to use a word that is similar to another word but means completely different. Words that confuse us have similar spellings or pronunciations. Pay attention to the sample list given below:
 l    Adverse: Not good
     Averse:  Not to be inclined to do something
 l    Appraise: To assess the value of something
     Apprise: To inform someone about something
 l    Beside: By the side of
     Besides: In addition to
 l    Collaborate: To work with someone to achieve something
     Corroborate: To establish the         truth of something
 l    Credible: Believable
     Creditable: Deserving praise
 l    Eminent: Famous
     Imminent: Something that will         happen very soon
 l    Fair: Just; average; light-skinned
     Fare: The amount of money that         you pay to travel by train, bus etc.
 l    Forbear: Refrain from
     Forebear: Ancestor
 l    Immemorial: Existing longer ago than anyone can remember
     Memorable: Worth remembering
 l    Alternate: Every other
     Alternative: One of two or more     options
 
 Practice Questions
 Directions (1-20):Complete the sentences given below with an appropriate word from the two words in brackets.
 1.    This is a ------ point, so we have to discuss it. (moot, mute)
 2.    Ramu was given a fee ------. (waver, waiver)
 3.    We were taken round the company's -------. (premises, premise)
 4.    Have you seen the old ------ shop? (stationary, stationery)
 5.    Sita is very -------. (photograph, photogenic)
 6.    Let us -------- to the auditorium. (proceed, precede)
 7.    We are not ------- to the idea of moving to Bangalore. ( adverse, averse)
 8.    Nothing can -------- the fact that she is married. (altar, alter)
 9.    Children are frightened of thunder and -------. (lightning, lightening)
 10.    The Mississippi is the ------- river of the United States. (principal, principle)
 11.    What shall I do if someone speaks to me -------? (there, their)
 12.    The curator feeds the lions ------ once a day. (meet, meat)
 13.    As examinations are fast approaching we should not ------ our time. (waste, waist)
 14.    Her performance in the finals is just ------. (fair, fare)
 15.    He walked across the dry ------. (plane, plain)
 16.    Your answer to the problem is ------. (write, right)
 17.    It is rude to ------ at people. (stair, stare)
 18.    Please -------- for your turn. (weight, wait)
 19.    Sheela's mother ------ sweets for the party. (made, maid)
 20.    In Hindu marriage each ------- has a meaning. (rite, right)
 
 Directions (21-30): In each group one word is wrongly spelt. Find the wrongly spelt word.
 21.    A) Submitted    B) Admitted
     C) Comitted    D) Omitted
 22.    A) Brillient    B) Valiant
     C) Salient    D) Radiant
 23.    A) Recuperate    B) Regulate
     C) Reinstate    D) Seperate
 24.    A) Cease    B) Seize
     C) Beseige    D) Beseech
 25.    A) Carrier    B) Carreer
     C) Courier    D) Barrier
 26.    A) Whether    B) Wheter
     C) Weather    D) Whither
 27.    A) Embarrassment
     B) Embarrass    
     C) Embrasment
     D) Embarrassed
 28.    A) Persistent    B) Presistent
     C) Pressed    D)Precision
 29.    A) Professional
     B) Proficient    C) Profusely
     D) Prosicute    
 30.    A) Eligeble    B) Legible
     C) Illiterate    D) Legitimate
 
 Directions (31-40): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and indicate the answer.
 31.    Censure
     A) Criticise    B) Appreciate
     C) Blame    D) Abuse
 32.    Diligent
     A) Industrious    B) Indifferent
     C) Intelligent    D) Energetic
 33.    Contemplation
     A) Consideration
     B) Meditation
     C) Deliberation
     D) Speculation
 34.    Adulation
     A) Duration    B) Argument
     C) Flattery    D) Institution
 35.    Quiver
     A) Quarrel    B) Quicken
     C) Waver    D) Tremble
 36.    August
     A) Common    B) Ridiculous
     C) Dignified    D) Petty
 37.    Embezzle
     A) Misappropriate
     B) Balance    C) Clear
     D) Remunerate
 38.    Corpulent
     A) Gaunt    B) Obese
     C) Lean    D) Emaciated
 39.    Wretched
     A) Poor    B) Insane
     C) Foolish    D) Strained
 40.    Precarious
     A) Cautious    B) Critical
     C) Perilous    D) Brittle
 
 Directions (41-50): Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and choose the correct alternative.
 41.    ANIMOSITY
     A) Love    B) Lust
     C) Luck    D) Loss
 42.    ALTERCATION
     A) Explanation    B) Challenge
     C) Compromise D) Opposition
 43.    COAX
     A) Dull    B) Dissuade
     C) Active    D) Speed
 44.    ERUDITE
     A) Educated    B) Unscholarly
     C) Scholarly    D) Possessive
 45.    AFFLUENT
     A) High    B) Poor
     C) Rare    D) Fluent
 46. TRANSITORINESS
     A) Evanescence
     B) Vacillation     
     C) Impertinence
     D) Longevity
 47.    OPAQUE
     A) Enigmatic     B) Translucent
     C) Scholarly     D) Capacious
 48.    OBLITERATE
     A) Exculpate    B) Lacerate
     C) Bemuse    D) Forge
 49.    CHEERFUL
     A) Exultant    B) Morbid
     C) Doctrinaire    D) Livid  
 50.    ACRID
     A) Saccharine     B) Astringent
     C) Emollient     D) Placid
 
 ANSWERS
 1)    Moot     2) Waiver
 3)    Premises    4) Stationery
 5)    Photogenic    6) Proceed
 7)    Averse    8) Alter
 9)    Lightning    10) Principal
 11)    There        12) Meat
 13)    Waste        14) Fair
 15)    Plain        16) Right
 17)    Stare        18) Wait
 19)    Made        20) Rite
 21) C    22) A    23) D    24) C
 25) B    26) B    27) C    28) B
 29) D    30) A    31) A    32) A
 33) B    34) C    35) D    36) C
 37) A    38) B    39) A    40) C
 41) A    42) C    43) B    44) B
 45) B    46) D    47) B    48) D
 49) D    50) A.

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