SYNONYMS Match the Words in Column A with their meaning in column B: A

1. (a) Objective (b) volatile (c) abundant (d) hazardous 2. (a) indispensable (b) repercussion (c) afforestation (d) nutrition 3. (a) renowned (b) tranquility (c) diversity (d) contamination 4. (a) perpetual

B (i) unstable (ii) dangerous (iii) extensive (iv) aim (v) plentiful (i) expansion of forests (ii) necessary (iii) nourishment (iv) a reciprocal action or effect (v) pollution (i) variety, having a difference (ii) pollution (iii) calm, peaceful (iv) famous

(b) Deforestation (c) Layout (d) Appropriate

(i) the make-up of a page, a book newspaper etc (ii) never ends or changes (iii) suitable (iv) clearing of forests

5. (a) contamination (b) fission (c) aggravate (d) abuse

(i) intensify (ii) misuse (iii) division of the atom (iv) pollution

6. (a) nutrition (b) indigenous (c) target (d) preservation

(i) native (ii) objective, result aimed at (iii) conservation (iv) nourishment

7. (a) Objective (b) hazard (c) spell (d) stringent

(i) severe (ii) aim (iii) danger (iv) A condition caused by or as if by magical powers

8. (a) Inedible (b) afforestation (c) regimen (d) primacy

(i) schedule (ii) importance (iii) unfit to eat (iv) expansion of forests

9. (a) jargon (b) equilibrium (c) target (d) ascribe

(i) objective (ii) attribute (iii) sate of being balanced (iv) highly technical expressions

10. (a) amalgamation (b) chip (c) radiation (d) depletion

(i) giving out rays (ii) bringing together (iii) getting completely exhausted (iv) device composed of silicon

11. (a) vicissitudes (b) constraint (c) improvise (d) nuances

(i) change or modify (ii) misfortunes (iii) limitation (iv) finer aspects

12. (a) accelerate (b) cumulative (c) simultaneously (d) viable

(i) possible (ii) happening or done at the same time (iii) increase speed rapidly (iv) gradually increasing in amount, force, etc. by adding one after another

13. (a) archaeology (b) dynasty (c) excavate (d) manuscript 14. (a) paucity (b) jeopardy (c) fantasy (d) endeavour 15. (a) Contaminated (b) facilitate (c) initiative (d) sophisticated 16. (a) proliferate (b) conviction (c) copious (d) discouragement 17. (a) incorporate (b) violate (c) salvage (d) hindrance 18. (a) migrant (b) disposal (c) exquisite (d) extra terrestrial

(1) to reveal or take our something that has been buried in the ground (ii) a handwritten or typed first copy of a book before it is printed (iii) the study of ancient cultures, people and periods of history (iv) a series of rulers all belonging to the same family (i) wild imagination (ii) attempt (iii) scarcity (iv) enormity (v) danger (i) simple (ii) unclean (iii) make easy (iv) refined (v) enterprise (i) abundant (ii) frustration (iii) hard to understand (iv) multiply (v) firm belief (i) rescue (ii) serene (iii) obstacle (iv) disregard (v) include as part (i) process of treating something (ii) not belonging to the earth (iii) a living being who moves from one place to another (iv) getting rid of something (v) extremely beautiful or delicate

19. (a) cramped (b) stagnant (c) recruit (d) diversity 20. (a) harness (b) alleviate (c) impediment (d) brittle

(i) take people into service on contract (ii) variety; having differences (iii) confined within narrow limits (iv) not moving or changing (v) a condition caused by magical powers (i) to make less intense (ii) easily broken (iii) to make use of intensely (iv) to destroy intensely (v) obstacle

21. (a) catchment (b) dispel (c) proposition (d) infrastructure

(i) scatter (ii) system of services forming a basis (iii) reservoir (iv) a scheme suggested

22. (a) augment (b) transaction (c) fatigue (d) benign

(i) extreme tiredness (ii) favourable (iii) piece of commercial dealing (iv) increase

23. (a) copious (b) marginal (c) extinct (d) decimation

(i) insignificant (ii) large scale destruction (iii) abundant (iv) obsolete

24. (a) primacy (b) statutory (c) proliferate (d) impediment

(i) multiply (ii) importance (iii) obstacle (iv) required by written law or legislation

25. (a) appraise (b) compile (c) rapport (d) incredible

(i) collect and arrange (ii) unbelievable (iii) estimate value (iv) relationship