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Unit-1:DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP
Unit 1.1: Reading Comprehension
Quaid On 11th August, 1947
WORDS MEANING
| S.NO. | Words | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Address | Sermon |
| 2. | Adequate | Sufficient/ Enough |
| 3. | Assertions | Saying announcement |
| 4. | Black Marketing | Illegal trading of goods |
| 5. | Bound to | Be certain to |
| 6. | Bribery | Money for dishonest action/ Corruption |
| 7. | Bring About | To cause something to happen |
| 8. | Bring To Bear | Have an effect of something |
| 9. | Bury the hatchet | To forget unpleasant things |
| 10. | Colossal | Enormous/ Huge/ Extremely large or great/ Gigantic |
| 11. | Commodities | Things |
| 12. | Companions | Associate/ Partner/ Fellow |
| 13. | Confer | To give respect |
| 14. | Concentrate | To pay attention |
| 15. | Conferred upon | Grant of something for |
| 16. | Consequential | As a result. |
| 17. | Constitution | Regulation |
| 18. | Constituent Assembly | The group of elected representative can form a constitution. |
| 19. | Co-operation | Support |
| 20. | Cordially | friendly manner, very much sociable. |
| 21. | Corruption | Illegal behavior by powerful people/ dishonest and bad/ Fraudulent |
| 22. | Creed | Sect/ System of religious belief/ Faith |
| 23. | Crushed | Destroyed |
| 24. | Curses | Troubles |
| 25. | Cyclonic | Of a cyclone / big change |
| 26. | Cyclonic revolution | Quick change or rebellion (i.e. the establishment of two sovereign democratic nation in south Asia.) |
| 27. | Dominions | Sovereignty/ Supremacy/ Dominance |
| 28. | Discrimination | Prejudice, Distinction, Intolerance |
| 29. | Distinction | Difference |
| 30. | Distressed | Troubled |
| 31. | Emphasize | Urge |
| 32. | Essential | Very important |
| 33. | Excerpt | A piece of text/ Section/ Fragment/ Portion/ Short part (of film, writing or music etc) |
| 34. | Federal | Of central government |
| 35. | Federal legislature | System of government in which assembly have authority to make or change laws of the country or city. |
| 36. | Frequently | Often |
| 37. | Function | Job |
| 38. | Fundamental | Basic |
| 39. | Go through | Read or examine thoroughly |
| 40. | Gravest | Mature/ Very serious/ Solemn/ Important |
| 41. | Ill will | Animosity/ Bitterness/ Hatred |
| 42. | Impartiality | Neutrality |
| 43. | Inaugural | Launching/ Initial/ Introductory |
| 44. | Inhabitant | Natives |
| 45. | Jobbery | Dishonesty |
| 46. | Legacy | Inheritance/ The thing you get after one's death |
| 47. | Legislature | who can make and change law |
| 48. | Measures | Steps |
| 49. | Memorable | Unforgettable |
| 50. | Monster | A huge and frightening / Beast / Extremely wicked / Evil / horrible / A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature |
| 51. | Nepotism | Favouritism/ To give job / Advantages to you/ Favouring relatives or friends |
| 52. | Obligations | Duties |
| 53. | Occur | Happen |
| 54. | Onerous | Difficult or trouble/ Hard/ Heavy responsibility/ Difficult job/ A task or responsibility / Great deal of effort |
| 55. | Poison | Substance that causes death |
| 56. | Prejudice | Bias |
| 57. | Presidential | Relating to a president |
| 58. | Privileges | Special rights |
| 59. | Prosperous | Rich/ Flourishing/ Doing well |
| 60. | Provisional | Temporary |
| 61. | Punished | Penalized |
| 62. | Put down | Stop holding something |
| 63. | Regulation | Rule |
| 64. | Relentlessly | Brutally/ In a harsh way/ Mercilessly/ Intense |
| 65. | Revolution | Big change |
| 66. | Sovereign | Autonomous/ Free/ Superior authority/ Powerful/ A supreme ruler/ Supreme/Absolute |
| 67. | Starvation | Hunger/ The state of being hungry/ Suffering due to lack of food/ Famine |
| 68. | Subcontinent | A specific area in South Asia |
| 69. | Subjection | Slavery |
| 70. | Tackle | Cope with |
| 71. | Testify (Pl.Testifies) | Witness/ Give evidence as a witness in a law court |
| 72. | Titanic | Massive/ Enormous/ Very big/ Gigantic/ Exceptional strength, size, or power |
| 73. | Tolerate | To have patience |
| 74. | To bury the hatchet | To end fight to make peace |
| 75. | To lead someone to | Encourage to do an expected task |
| 76. | To Perform | To Do |
| 77. | To tackle the monster | To deal or face great problem |
| 78. | Undermine | To make someone less |
| 79. | Unparalleled | Matchless |
| 80. | Unprecedented | Remarkable/ No earlier precedent/ Never existed in the past/ Unmatched/ Never known or done before |
| 81. | Utmost | Great |
| 82. | Well-being | Betterment |
| 83. | Wholesale | Large scale |
| 84. | Wholly and Solely | Completely |
| 85. | With an iron hand | With full force |
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