{"id":9238,"date":"2013-06-05T11:21:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T06:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2017-03-28T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T06:25:04","slug":"vocabulary-in-news-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/css-exclusive\/css-special\/vocabulary-in-news-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary in News"},"content":{"rendered":"

lacklustre: (adj.) dull, lifeless, dead, uninteresting<\/h3>\n

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Cotton market continued to witness lacklustre trading on the second consecutive day.
\nscatty:<\/strong> (adj.) disorderly, erratic, haphazard
\nSalman sees himself as vaguely uneducated and slightly scatty.
\neccentric:<\/strong> (adj.) anomalous, capricious, idiosyncratic, singular
\nAs students, we have all experienced our fair share of eccentric teachers and professors.
\nelude:<\/strong> (v) avoid, escape, dodge, evade, outwit
\nMusharraf should not be allowed to elude the serious legal proceedings against him.
\nbowdlerise:<\/strong> (v) edit, expurgate, redact
\nShe had to bowdlerise the manuscript so it could be approved for publication.
\nbecalmed: <\/strong>(adj.) steadied, composed, quiet
\nThe fear belies that Pakistan only boasts of becalmed borderlands.
\nperspicacious:<\/strong> (adj.) sagacious, sapient, judicious
\nThe perspicacious lawyer impressed the judge and the jury very easily.
\nignominy:<\/strong> (n) shame, disgrace, sordidness
\nFake degrees heap ignominy on former lawmakers.
\njitters:<\/strong> (n) anxiety, heebie-jeebies, tenseness, willies
\nPakistan’s successful run in the series has given jitters to India.
\nastute:<\/strong> (adj.) clever, savvy, shrewd
\nMr Gilani representing Pakistan People Party is an astute politician.
\nwobble:<\/strong> (v) careen, flounder, lurch, oscillate
\nWhile other big names wobbled at the US Open, Venus Williams made it through.
\nvie:<\/strong> (v) compete, contend, contest
\n69 candidates are vying for 10 reserved seats of non-Muslims.
\nhenpecked:<\/strong> (adj.) compliant, uxorious, obedient, wife-ridden
\nAitzaz says he is also henpecked like many.
\npauper:<\/strong> (n) destitute, have-not, indigent, mendicant
\nAslam lost his home, paddy and sugarcane which rendered him a pauper.
\nsadistic: <\/strong>(adj.) barbarous, brutal, fiendish, perverse, vicious
\nMobs get sadistic when executing their targets.
\ndoyen:<\/strong> (n) authority, dignitary, professor, senior
\nRich tribute was paid to doyen of Sindh studies.
\npep:<\/strong> (n) vim, vigour, gusto, hardihood, verve, vivacity
\nI, with all my style and pep, can’t get a man my equal.
\n<\/p>\n

Vocabulary Tests<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHOOSE THE SYNONYMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUMPTUOUS
\n(a) Poor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Mean
\n(c) Costly\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Miserly<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALACRITY
\n(a) Reluctance\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Apathy
\n(c) Briskness<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Dismay<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IMPOSTOR
\n(a) Feeble\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Impotent
\n(c) Prostrate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Cheat<\/strong><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OPULENT
\n(a) Audacious\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Rich<\/strong>
\n(c) Passive\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Feminist<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNPREPOSSESSING
\n(a) Ugly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Arrogant
\n(c) Personable\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Didactic<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TURBID
\n(a) Shiny\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Murky<\/strong>
\n(c) Pellucid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Petrified<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 POTABLE
\n(a) Bland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Unsavory
\n(c) Drinkable<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Fertile<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FLAGRANT
\n(a) Blatant\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 (b) Docile
\n(c) Slanderous\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Covert<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TENUOUS
\n(a) Dark\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Playful
\n(c) Weak\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Strong<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PAROCHIAL
\n(a) Cosmopolitan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Xenophobic<\/strong>
\n(c) Parsimonious\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Belligerent<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DESTITUTE
\n(a) Impoverished<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Affluent
\n(c) Meticulous\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Derelict<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TACIT
\n(a) Tenacious\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Ostensible
\n(c) Garrulous\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Unspoken<\/strong><\/p>\n

13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PALLIATIVE
\n(a) Tyrannical\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Overt
\n(c) Curative<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Festive<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEDENTARY
\n(a) Disgraced\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Tranquil
\n(c) Treacherous\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Inactive<\/strong><\/p>\n

15.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VIRTUOSO
\n(a) Talented\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Inept
\n(c) Silent\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Verdant<\/p>\n

CHOOSE THE ANTONYMS:
\n<\/strong>
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PERIPHRASTIC
\n(a) Concise<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Circular
\n(c) Lengthy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Ardent<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPRIGHTLY
\n(a) Voluble\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Nimble
\n(c) Sluggish\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Hurried<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TACITURN
\n(a) Spoken\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Placatory
\n(c) Leisurely\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Talkative<\/strong><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PROLIX
\n(a) Antediluvian\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Terse<\/strong>
\n(c) Awkward\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Belligerent<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REVERE
\n(a) Convert\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Accelerate
\n(c) Consider\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Vilify<\/strong><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PLAUDIT
\n(a) Denunciation\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Pleasure
\n(c) Honorary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Disgrace<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DESULTORY
\n(a) Salacious\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Cursory
\n(c) Assiduous\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Asinine<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CASTIGATE
\n(a) Incarcerate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Extol<\/strong>
\n(c) Remit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Flatten<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FASTIDIOUS
\n(a) Monotonous \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Negligent<\/strong>
\n(c) Interminable\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Aloof<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EXECRATE
\n(a) Inter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Devolve
\n(c) Revere\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Negate<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PONDEROUS
\n(a) Abiding\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Deceased
\n(c) Dull\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Sprightly<\/strong><\/p>\n

12.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOXIOUS
\n(a) Affirmative\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Diurnal
\n(c) Pungent\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Innocuous<\/strong><\/p>\n

13.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESCHEW
\n(a) Embrace\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Gulp
\n(c) Reject\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Transgress<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNWARRANTED
\n(a) Guaranteed\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (b) Justified<\/strong>
\n(c) Practiced\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Jaundiced<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VAGARIES
\n(a) Certainties\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 (b) Depressions
\n(c) Miracles\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (d) Probabilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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