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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 654
Book's First PageONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION judge (N.) : a person in a court polyphony (N.) : the combination biography : the story of a per- who has the authority to decide of several different patterns as son’s life written by somebody how criminals should be pun- of musical notes sung together else ished or to make legal decisions; to form a single piece of music introduction : the first section a person who decides who has polygyny (N.) : having more than of a communication; the act of won a competition; a person who one wife at a time; polygamy beginning something new; for- has the necessary knowledge/ 92. (3) omnivorous mally making a person known to skills to give his opinion about omnivorous (Adj.) : eating all another or to the public. a new the value or quality of somebody/ types of food, especially both proposal something sketch : a simple picture that is plants and meat (4) connoisseur (N.) : an expert drawn quickly and does not have carnivorous (Adj.) : animals that on matters involving the judge- many details eat meat ment of beauty, quality or skill 97. (3) pandemonium in art, food or music omnipotent (Adj.) : having total power; able to do anything pandemonium (N.) : a situation 88. (3) narcissism in which there is a lot of noise, narcissism (N.) : the habit of ad- optimist (Adj.) : a person who activity and confusion, because miring yourself too much, espe- always expects good things to people are angry/frightened; cially your appearance happen or things to be success- chaos ful psychosis (N.) : a serious men- agitation (N.) : worry and anxi- tal illness that affects the whole 93. (3) iconoclast ety that you show by behaving personality iconoclast (N.) : a person who in a nervous way neurosis (N.) : a mental illness criticizes popular beliefs or es- revolution (N.) : a great change in which a person suffers strong tablished customs and ideas; im- in conditions, ways of working, feelings of fear and worry age breaker beliefs, etc. that affects a large paranoia (N.) : a mental illness imagist (N.) : a poet who uses number of people in which a person may wrongly common speech in his verses stir (N.) : to try to cause trouble believe that other people are try- misanthropist (N.) : someone 98. (1) maidenspeech ing to harm him, that he is very who dislikes people in general maiden speech (N.) : the first important, etc. masochist (N.) : someone who speech made by a person 89. (4) recant obtains pleasure from receiving inaugural speech (N.) : an offi- recant (V.) : to say, often pub- punishment; sadist cial speech marking the begin- licly, that you no longer have the 94. (3) sacrilege ning of something important same belief or opinion that you sacrilege (N.) : an act of treating trial speech (N.) : the speech had before a holy thing or place without re- which is tried/tested/practised repent (V.) : to feel/show that spect before being delivered you are sorry for something bad/ pollution (N.) : the process of marathon speech (N.) : a long wrong that you have done making air, water, soil, etc. dirty; speech that needs prolonged ef- retrace (V.) : to go back along harmful/annoying levels of noise, fort and attention exactly the same path or route or of artificial light at night 99. (1) bohemian that you have come along pilferage (N.) : the act of steal- bohemian (N.) : a person who is refuse (V.) : to say that you will ing small amounts or small arti- involved with the arts, who lives not do something that somebody cles in a very informal way without has asked you to do pittance (N.) : a very small following accepted rules of be- 90. (1) hutch amount of money that somebody haviour hutch (N.) : a house for keeping receives, that is hardly enough artisan (N.) : a person who does rabbits/other small animals to live on skilled work making things with lair (N.) : a place where a wild 95. (4) convent his hands; craftsman animal sleeps/hides; den convent (N.) : a place where partisan (N.) : a person who den (N.) : the hidden home of nuns live and work strongly supports a particular some types of wild animals - bear, church (N.) : a place of worship leader, group or idea; follower lion, etc. of the Christians physician (N.) : a doctor, who is cage (N.) : a house in which an- school (N.) : a place where chil- a specialist in general medicine imals/birds are kept dren go to be educated and not surgery; general practi- 91. (1) polyandry abode (N.) : a place where some- tioner polyandry (N.) : the custom of body lives 100. (3) juxtapose having more than one husband at the same time 96. (2) profile juxtapose (V.) : to put people/ profile : a description of some- things together in order to show polygamy (N.) : the custom of body/something that gives use- a contrast/ a new relationship having more than one wife at the ful information between them same time SEE–661