The hailstorm completely destroyed Lencho’s crops which made
him very dejected and depressed. He wrote a letter to God. In the
letter, he asked God to send him one hundred pesos to save him and his
family. The postmaster who read the letter lauded this man who had
unquestioned faith in God and decided to help him in terms of money.
He asked the employees of the post office and also his friends to give
charity. However, they were able to collect only a little more than 50
pesos as requested for by Lencho. The postmaster put the money in an
envelope. It was addressed to Lencho.
tman himself who handed the letter to him while the postmaster, experiencing the contentment of a man who has
performed a good deed, looked on from his office. Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money; such
was his confidence, but he became angry when he counted the money. God could not have made a mistake, nor could
he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
Immediately, Lencho went up to the window to ask for paper and ink. On the public writing-table, he started
to write, with much wrinkling of his brow, caused by the effort he had to make to express his ideas. When he finished,
he went to the window to buy a stamp which he licked and then affixed to the envelope with a blow of his fist. The
moment the letter fell into the mailbox the postmaster went to open it. It said: “God: Of the money that I asked for,
only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much. But don’t send it to me through the mail
because the post office employees are a bunch of crooks. Lencho.”
find the word from the passage which means- (options given in the brackets)
(a) satisfaction ________ (hope/ contentment)
(b) cheater ________ (crook/honest)
(c) glued ________ (detach / affixed)
(d) disagree ________ (denied/agree)
Plzz answer these questions corr
Answers
Answer:
a) contentment
b) crook
c) affixed
d) denied
Explanation:
The above mentioned words have been spotted in the given passage in the following ways
1. Contentment- The word means to be happy and satisfied. The word contentment has been used in the passage in context of emotion experienced by a person for doing a good deed.
2. Crooks-The word means to be a cheater or have bad intentions towards someone. The word is used in the context of accusing a bunch of people as being cheaters or having bad intentions.
3. Affixed- The word means to attach something to another thing. In the word the word is used to describe a situation where the person tries to seal the envelope attaching both ends by licking it.
4. Denied-The word means to negate something or someone. The word is used in the passage describing a situation stating that God has not denied the protagonist what he wishes for.
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