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Tuesday 20 June 2023

Chemistry - I (English) - Past Paper 2023 (For Failures, Improvement & Additional Subject) - For HSC Part 1 (Science Group)

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Chemistry - I
(For Failures, Improvement & Additional Subject)
Past Paper 2023
For HSC Part 1 - Science Group

Monday 19 June 2023

English Vocabulary - Words Start from Letter 'F'

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English Vocabulary
Words Start from Letter 'F'

FACADE: Front or face, especially of a building.
Sentence:
* A facade of marble.
FACETIOUS: Given to joking or inappropriate gaiety said in fun.
Sentence:
* Brightened the evening with his facetious remarks.
Synonyms: Jocose, droll, flippant, frivolous.
Antonyms: Solemn, grave saturnine.
FALLACIOUS (Noun FALLACY): Unsound, misleading, deceptive.
Sentence:
* Led astray by fallacious reasoning and plan.
FALLIBLE: Liable to make mistakes or be deceived.
Sentence:
* Being human, Torn was naturally fallible.
Antonyms: Infallible, unerring.
FATHOM: To penetrate and understand.
Sentence:
* Difficult to fathom his mysterious actions.
FATUOUS: Foolish, silly.
Sentence:
* A fatuous suggestion that struck us as stupid.
Synonyms: inane, vacuous, puerile.
Antonyms: Judicious, sagacious, sage.
FEALTY: Faithfulness.
Sentence:
* The soldiers were pledged to fealty to their ruler.
Synonyms: Allegiance, constancy, fidelity.
Antonyms: disloyalty, infidelity, treachery.
FEASIBLE: Workable.
Sentence:
* A feasible plan proved practical by - previous experience.
Antonyms: impracticable.
FEIGN (Noun- FEINT): To pretend.
Sentence:
* He feigned to be angry, but we saw through his pretense.
Synonyms: dissemble, sham, dissimulate, affect.
FELICITY (Adj. FELICITOUS):
(1) A state of happiness
Sentence:
* Promoted felicity in the nation.
Synonyms: bliss
(2) A high ability.
Sentence:
* Lie has a felicity of language, mastery of the well-chosen phrase.
FERVID: Spirited, ardent
Sentence:
* A fervid debater full of emotion.
Synonyms: Perfervid, impassioned. zealous. fervent, vehement.
FESTOON:
(1) (Noun): A garland of flowers, leaves, etc hung between two points.
Sentence:
* The room bright with festoons of Thanksgiving decorations.
(2) (Verb): To hang with festoons.
Sentence:
* A room festooned with spring flowers.
FETISH:
(1) Something that is believed to have magical powers.
Sentence:
* Savages worshiping the fetish in a ceremonial dance.
Synonyms: charm, talisman. amulet.
(2) An object of unreasoning devotion and worship.
Sentence:
* Photography, begun as a hobby, became a fetish.
FIASCO: A ludicrous and complete failure.
Sentence:
* All his glorious plans ending in a fiasco.
Synonyms: Debacle.
FICTITIOUS: Unreal, made-up.
Sentence:
* Used a fictitious name to avoid being recognized.
Synonyms: Fabricated.
FLACCID: Lacking firmness.
Sentence:
* Muscles grown flaccid after the illness.
Synonyms: flabby, limp.
FLAGRANT: Outstandingly bad.
Sentence:
* Condemned for his flagrant abuse of power.
Synonyms: glaring, scandalous, notorious, conspicuous, gross.
FLAMBOYANT: Elaborately showy.
Sentence:
* Written in a flamboyant, style, full of highly decorative imagery.
Synonyms: florid, ornate, resplendent, embellished, garish, gaudy, gorgeous, rococo.
Antonym: somber.
FLAUNT: Display or wave boastfully.
Sentence:
* Flaunted the excellent report before his delighted parents.
FLEETING: Passing swiftly
Sentence:
* The fleeting hours of happiness.
Synonyms: transitory, fugitive.
FLUCTUATE: To waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly
Sentence:
* His mood fluctuating with every hour.
Synonyms: oscillate, vacillate, undulate, sway.
FORBEAR (Noun: FORBEARANCE): To exercise self control; to keep from
Sentence:
* Forbearing to shoot the animal despite temptation.
Synonyms: restrain, abstain.
FORENSIC: Pertaining to public discussion or law courts
Sentence:
* A lawyer gifted in forensic debate.
Synonyms: rhetorical, oratorical.
FORTUITOUS: Accidental
Sentence:
* A fortuitous meeting with a friend in need.
Synonyms: casual, incidental, adventitious, random.
FRACAS: A disorderly quarrel.
Sentence:
* A fracas broke up the meeting.
Synonyms: brawl, altercation, fray, wrangle, imbroglio.
FRUSTRATE: To prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual.
Sentence:
* His scholastic progress was frustrated by a serious illness.
Synonyms: balk, thwart, foil, baffle, obstruct, discomfit.
Antonym: abet.
FULSOME: Disgustingly excessive.
Sentence:
* Nauseated by fulsome praise.

Adj. = Adjective

English Vocabulary - Words Start from Letter 'E'

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English Vocabulary
Words Start from Letter 'E'

ECCLESIASTIC
(1)(Adj.): Pertaining to the clergy or the church.
Sentence:
* Recognized as an authority in ecclesiastic matters.
Antonyms: secular, lay
(2)(Noun): A clergyman
Sentence:
* An ecclesiastic of liberal views.
EDICT: A public command or proclamation issued by an authority.
Sentence:
* Proclaimed by royal edict.
Synonym: decree
EDIFY: To instruct or uplift. particularly in morals or religion.
Sentence:
* A story that edifies the reader, as well as entertains him.
EFFETE: No longer productive; hence, lacking in or worn out
Sentence:
* Powerful in ancient days, now an effete civilization.
EGOTISTIC: Conceited
Sentence:
* An egotistic person flourishing on praise.
Synonyms: egocentric, vain
Antonym: altruistic
EGREGIOUS: Outstandingly bad.
Sentence:
* An egregious mistake with serious implications.
EJACULATE: To exclaim or utter suddenly.
Sentence:
* Ejaculated a cry of horror.
ELICIT: To draw out
Sentence:
* Elicited no response from the audience.
Synonyms: evoke, extract, extort.
ELUCIDATE: To make clear; to explain.
Sentence:
* Elucidated his theory so that even a schoolboy could understand it.
Synonym: clarify
EMISSARY: A person sent on an errand or mission.
Sentence:
* Delegated his emissary to conclude a pact.
ENGENDER: To cause, produce, or stir up.
Sentence:
* An act that engendered good will.
ENNUI: Boredom; weariness of mind.
Sentence:
* Fell asleep at the meeting from sheer ennui.
ENSUE: To follow or result.
Sentence:
* Silence ensued when the leader arose to speak.
ENTREAT:
(1) To beg earnestly.
Sentence:
* Entreated the judge to show mercy.
Synonyms: solicit, supplicate, beseech. implore importune.
(2) (Adj.): importunate, mendicant, suppliant
EPHEMERAL: Very short-lived.
Sentence:
* An ephemeral joy, lasting but a day.
Synonyms: fleeting, transitory, transient, evanescent.
Antonym: eternal.
EPICUREAN:
(1) (noun): A person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure
Sentence:
* An epicurean, seeking to enjoy ever y meal.
(2) (Adj.): Pleasure-loving
Sentence:
* His entire existence demonstrated his epicurean tastes.
EPIGRAM: A brief pointed saying.
Sentence:
* A speech full of original epigrams.
Synonyms: maxim proverb, adage.
EPITAPH: A tombstone inscription.
Sentence:
* An epitaphen graved on marble.
EPITHET: A phrase that describes a quality (good or bad) in a person or thing.
Sentence:
* Glaring" error is a commonly used epithet.
Synonyms: characterization , appellation.
EQUANIMITY (Adj. EQUABLE): Evenness of temper or mind.
Sentence:
* Suffered his cruel fate with equanimity.
Synonyms: serenity, composure. imperturbability, aplomb.
ERR (Noun: ERRATUM): To be mistaken or go astray.
Sentence:
* To err is human to forgive divine.
Synonyms: stray, blunder.
ERRATIC: Irresponsible, eccentric lacking a fixed purpose.
Sentence:
* Erratic behavior, reflecting his queer does.
ERUDITE: Learned
Sentence:
* An erudite person an editor of many books.
Synonyms: Scholarly , knowing.
ESOTERIC: Understood by only a select few.
Sentence:
* An esoteric subject discussed only by scholars .
Synonyms: abstruse, recondite.
EXCEPTIONABLE: Objectionable.
Sentence:
* Exceptionable behavior universally criticized.
Synonyms: questionable, reprehensible, censurable .
Antonym: laudable.
EXCULPATE: To free from blame.
Sentence:
* Exculpated by a jury.
Synonyms: vindicate, exonerate, absolve. acquit.
Antonyms: arraign, indict, inculpate.
EXEMPLARY (Noun EXEMPLAR): Serving as a model, commendable.
Sentence:
* Exemplary conduct approved by all.
Synonyms: illustrative, typical, praiseworthy laudable.
EXODUS: Departure, emigration.
Sentence:
* The pathetic exodus of refugees from their homeland.
EXOTIC: Strange and foreign.
Sentence:
* An exotic costume imported from Asia.
EXPATIATE: To speak or write at great length.
Sentence:
* He expatiated on the subject for two hour.
Synonym: dilate.
EXPATRIATE:
(1) (Verb): To banish or exile, to withdraw from one's country.
Sentence:
* Expatriated for treachery to his country.
(2) (Noun) An expatriated person.
Sentence:
* Expatriates who left the United States to live in Paris.
EXPEDIENT:
(1) (Adj.): Convenient in helping to attain some purpose.
Sentence:
* Found it expedient to maintain silence at that moment.
Synonyms: opportune, seasonable.
(2) (Noun): A means to accomplish something.
Sentence:
* Tried all expedients to achieve a quick result.
EXPLOIT:
(1) (Verb): To use for one's selfish purpose.
Sentence:
* Refugees exploited by unscrupulous employers.
(2) (Noun): A brilliant deed.
Sentence:
* Lauded for his exploits in science.
Synonym: feat.
EXPOUND (Noun EXPOSITION): To set forth in detail; to explain.
Sentence:
* Expounded his theory in a learned article.
EXPURGATE: To purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material.
Sentence:
* Expurgate all obscenities before the book could be sold.
Synonyms: purge, delete.
EXTEMPORANEOUS: Done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation.
Sentence:
* An extemporaneous speech
Synonyms: impromptu, offhand.
EXTINCT: No longer existing or active.
Sentence:
* The extinct dinosaur, alive only in history.
Synonym: defunct
Antonym: extant.
EXTIRPATE: To root out, destroy totally.
Sentence:
* Extirpated the cause of trouble.
Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, efface, obliterate.
EXTRANEOUS: Not essential; foreign; irrelevant.
Sentence:
* Excluded material extraneous to the subject.
Synonyms: extrinsic, adventitious.
Antonyms: germane. intrinsic, inherent, relevant, pertinent.
EXULTATION: Great rejoicing
Sentence:
* Received the good news with exultation.
Synonym: jubilation