5. Write down the meanings of the difficult words given below from your textbook and
also use them to make sentences:
Vigorous, pantonume, fulile, beckoned, disarray.inn, prejudice, carabiners, withstand,
vague, apprehensive, inferred, timid, mown, shrills, conquest, comrade, sabotage,
gimmick, rambler
Answers
Meaning
Explanation:
1) Rigorous
Meaning: careful
Sentence: He is rigorous about almost everything.
2) Pantomime
Meaning: theatrical entertainment
Sentence: We are planning for pantomime for our annual fest.
3) Futile
Meaning: incapable of producing any results.
Sentence: Her way of working is futile.
4) Beckoned
Meaning: to give signal or wave at someone
Sentence: The pilot beckoned to the co-pilot.
5) Disarray
Meaning: disordered manner
Sentence: Her books are lying all around in disarray.
6) inn
Meaning: lodging and food for travelers
Sentence: They spent the night at the city inn.
7) Prejudice
Meaning: hatred
Sentence: Her prejudice led her to dislike James because of the color of his skin.
8) Carabiners
Meaning: objects that are used to attach things
Sentence: He unclipped his carabiner from the rope.
9) Withstand
Meaning: strong enough
Sentence: The building is designed to withstand all the seasons.
10) Vague
Meaning: not clearly known, visible
Sentence: I saw a vague outline of the mountains through the fog.
11) Apprehensive
Meaning: worried
Sentence: She is apprehensive about losing her post.
12) Inferred
Meaning: concluded
Sentence: The meeting was inferred on good note.
13) Timid
Meaning: shy
Sentence: She is a timid girl.
14)Mown
Meaning: to cut
Sentence: These crops are mown in summer season.
15) Shrills
Meaning: loud unpleasant sound
Sentence: He has ab high pitched voice.
17) Conquest
Meaning: act of conquering
Sentence: She had led the conquest of Northern Poland.
18) Comrade
Meaning: mate
Sentence: He is my best comrade since childhood.
19)Sabotage
Meaning: damaged to property
Sentence: He sabotage his whole house out of anger.
20) Gimmick
Meaning: unspecified
Sentence: It is just a gimmick area of the premises.
21) Rambler
Meaning: roamer, walker.
Sentence: He is such a rambler.