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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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