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Started by nusrat-diu, January 23, 2011, 05:01:06 PM

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nusrat-diu

Can you fill the blank of the following sentence????

The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the ________ massacre.
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

New words:

1. Hibernal
2. Hilarity
3. Hirsute
4. Hortatory
5. Hover
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

aunoo

Mam this would b the possible answer............

1. Hibernal
2. Hilarity : exceeding funny.
3. Hirsute : hairy..
4. Hortatory : art of cultivation..
5. Hover : remain in one place in the air..
Kazi Md. Anayate-A-Alahi
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Cell:01723868348

nusrat-diu

aunoo...after such a long time...

Hibernal means wintry. (hibernal sleeps)

Hover means hang about; wait nearby. ( The police helicopter hovered above the accident.)

Hirsute: (He was a hirsute individual with a heavy black beard.)
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

Find out the ANTONYMS for the words below:

1. Hibernal
   
  a) musical   b) summerlike     c) local    d) seasonal     e) discordant

2. Hilarity
 
   a) gloom   b) heratiness     c) weakness   d)casualty   e) paucity

3. Hirsute

   a) scaly  b) bald  c) erudite  d) quite  e) long

4. Hortatory

  a) inquiring   b)denying  c) killing  d) frantic  e) dissuading

5. Hover

  a) commence  b) soothe  c) leave  d) transform  e) solidify
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

New Words:

1. Hummock
2. Husbandry
3. Hypercritical
4. Hypocritical
5. Hypothetical
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu



The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the gory massacre.
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

W/M:
1. Hummock: small hill
2. Husbandry: agriculture, frugality
3. Hypercritical: excessively exacting
4. Hypocritical: deceiving
5. Hypothetical: supposed, based on assumptions or hypotheses
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

Today's words are:

1.trek
2.trite
3.traumatic
4.torpor
5.traverse
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

answer of the quiz:

Antonyms:

1.B
2.A
3.B
4.C
5.C
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

W/M:

1.trek: travel, journey
2.trite: hackneyed, commonplace
3.traumatic: pertaining to an injury caused by violence
4.torpor: lethargy
5.traverse: go through or across
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

New words:

1.Vilify
2.Vindicate
3.Vindictive
4.Viper
5.Vigor
Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

orange taerk

thank u Mam for wishing me in my birthday. :) and i really want to offer a chocolate pastry   for u and Aliza. :)

her is my answers ..

1.Vilify-criticize very harshly,abuse, asperse
2.Vindicate-prove one's innocence,absolve, acquit, advocate
3.Vindictive-menacing,calamitous, deadly, dire, evil.
4.Viper-basilisk, dragon, ophidian, snake
5.Vigor-power, energy,   ability, action, activity, agility, alertness.



Orange Tarek
111-15-1303
CSE-sec-C

nusrat-diu

Tarek...Thanks for 'Chocolate Pastry'!

and also for replying me.

Here are some new words:

1. venial
2. veracious
3. verbose
4. versatile
5. viable

Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University

nusrat-diu

Find out synonym/antonym for the word in capital letters:

1. VINDICTIVE

a) revengeful  b) feraful  c) divided  d) literal  e) convincing

Nusrat Jahan
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Daffodil International University