Vocabulary Question

(-getting the answer in the right form)

1. The meaning must be the contextual meaning, rather than the usual dictionary meaning.

For example: The hero died a beautiful death.

Beautiful here means holy, pious, inspiring, and has nothing to
do with the more common meaning of attractive, splendid.

2. The form of the word given must be the same as that of the given word.

For example: They devoured the flesh and crunched the bones.
It would not be right to give eat or eating as the answer, but ate
since devoured is in the past tense

3. Sometimes, especially with adverbs (words that end in - ly) it is not always possible to replace it
with one word, so two or more words will be needed.
For example: She was bargaining earnestly.
You know the meaning has the idea of determination. You
cannot replace earnestly with a single word determination as
that would not make sense. You can however, replace it with two
words with determination.

For Example: He was unaware of his impending doom.

You cannot think of a single word to replace impending. Yet you
know its meaning so you can replace impending with its
meaning: about to come.
 Work Sheet No.1
For each of the following words or phrases give one word or short phrase (of not more than seven
words) which has the same meaning that the word or phrase has in the sentence.

1. The design on the shield were thought to weaken the fighting spirit of his adversary.
___________________
2. The shields are used exclusively for ceremony. ___________________
3. His designs grace the birthday celebrations of the sultan. ___________________
4. His design are drawn freehand. ___________________
5. He had never been schooled in the traditional art. ___________________
6. Abbas says adamantly that he never saw any of his grandfather’s design._____________
7. The use of dragons or human beings in a traditional design is severely restricted._____________
8. The bird motifs are based on different kinds of forest birds.____________________
9. Dragons have fearsome image in Iban folklore.___________________
10. If drawn by a wrong person, such a motif can bring great misfortune. __________________
11. He began to draw obsessively beautiful designs.______________________
12. All the things come to an end, - alas, even the good things.____________________
13. Everyone listened intently.___________________
14. We cried out as the animals were spotted.______________
15. The pilot instructed the passengers – congregate from every country – to get in the basket.
________________
16. It takes great skills to know what is required. _________________
17. Wind alone was our propulsion. _______________
18. We listened to our pilot’s briefing. __________________
19. The engines were necessary to power the huge fans. ______________________
20. The ground crew meticulously checked the lines and the rigging.___________________
1. Enemy
2. Only
3. Decorate
4. Without the support of instruments
5. Trained tutored coached
6. Certainly, obdurately
7. Limited
8. Designs
9. Terrifying, frightening
10. Bad luck
11. Compulsively, enthusiastically
12. Unfortunately
13. With attention
14. Seen
15. Gathered
16. Necessary
17. Means of movement
18. Instruction
19. Supply the energy
20. Carefully