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nusrat-diu:
W/M:
1. saffron: a bright yellow powder made from a kind of flower, used in cooking to give color to food
2. loathe: : to dislike sb/sth very much
3. glitterati: fashionable, rich and famous people
4. glitz: the quality of appearing very attractive, exciting and impressive
5. goggle : to look at sb/sth with your eyes wide open, secially because you are surprised or shocked
nusrat-diu:
New Words:
1. Insistent
2. Insole
3. Insolent
4. Insoluble
5. Insomniac
shibli:
Insistent= FIRMLY SAYING THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE OR TRUE.
Insole=A piece of material that we put in our shoes to keep them comfortable.
Insolent= rude
Insoluble=impossible to dissolve or something that is difficult to solve
Insomniac=someone who finds it tough to sleep.
nusrat-diu:
Thank u Shibli Sir for answering me!
Now it's quiz time:
**Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. The orator was so ________ that the audience became _______.
a) soporific...drowsy
b) inaudible.....elated
c) pompous...bombastic
d) dramatic...affable
e) convincing...moribund
2. The young man was quickly promoted when his employers saw how ______ he was.
a) indigent
b) indifferent
c) assiduous
d) lethargic
e) cursory
3. Because it arrives so early in the season, before many other birds, the robin has been called the _____ of spring.
a) hostage
b) autocrate
c) compass
d) newcomer
e) harbinger
4. Overindulgence _______character as well as physical stamina.
a) strengthens
b) stimulates
c) debilitates
d) maintains
e) provides
5. Traffic speed limits are set at a level that achieves some balance between the danger of ____ speed and the desire of most people to travel as quickly as possible.
a) marginal
b) normal
c) prudent
d) inadvertent
e) excessive
asma alam:
Quiz Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. e
4. c
5. e
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