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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 663
Book's First PageONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION 213. (3) bilingual 218. (3) amphibians bibliographer (N.) : someone bilingual (Adj.) : able to speak amphibians (N.) : any animal trained in compiling a list of two languages equally well ; writ- that can live both an land and in books/ articles ten in two languages water bilingualist (N.) : a person who versatile (Adj.) : able to do many anthropoids (N.) : Looking like speaks more than one language different things a human 224. (4) sporadic expert (Adj.) : having special aquatics (N.) : growing or living sporadic (N.) : happening only knowledge, skill or training in, or near water occasionally or at intervals that knowledgeable (Adj.) : knowing aquarians (N.) : a person born are not regular ; intermittent a lot ; well-informed between 21 January and 19 Feb- epidemic (N.) : a rapid increase ruary in how often something bad hap- 214. (2) cannibal 219. (3) gullible pens cannibal (N.) : one who eats hu- gullible (Adj.) : naive ; too will- endemic (N.) : regularly found man flesh ing to believe or accept what oth- in a particular place/ among a man-eater (N.) : a wild animal er people tell you and therefore particular group of people and that attacks and eats humans difficult to get rid of easily tricked beast (N.) : a large/ dangerous/ insensible (Adj.) : unable to feel temporal (N.) : connected with/ unusual animal something or react to it ; un- limited by time savage (N.) : aggressive and vio- aware 225. (3) commemorate lent ; causing great harm ; brutal perceptible (Adj.) : noticeable ; commemorate (V.) : to remind 215. (1) assertive great enough for you to notice it people of an important person/ assertive (Adj.) : expressing indefensible (Adj.) : that cannot event from the past with a special opinions/ desires strongly and be defended/ excused because action/ object with confidence, so that people it is morally unacceptable communicate (V.) : to exchange may take notice 220. (2) hydrophobia information, news, ideas, etc. bossy (Adj.) : always telling peo- hydrophobia (N.) : extreme fear commensurate (V.) : to match ple what to do of water something in size, importance, claustrophobia (N.) : an extreme quality, etc. aggressive (Adj.) : angry, and fear of being in a small confined commiserate (V.) : to show sym- behaving in a threatening way ; place pathy when somebody is upset/ ready to attack insomnia (N.) : Lack of sleep disappointed lordy (Adj.) : an exclamation of obsession (N.) : the state in which 226. (1) investigation surprise and dismay (US and a person’s mind is completely investigation (N.) : an inquiry Canada) filled with the thoughts of one into unfamiliar/ questionable ac- 216. (4) deprecate particular thing or a person in a tivities deprecate (V.) : to feel and ex- way that is not normal interview (N.) : the questioning press strong disapproval 221. (2) assent of a person by a journalist, for a declare (V.) : to say something assent (V.) : to agree to a request/ job, for admission in school, col- officially/ publicly ; to state firm- an idea/ a suggestion lege, etc. ly and clearly assure (V.) : to make yourself examination (N.) : inspection, deprive (V.) : to prevent from certain about something ; guar- test, scrutiny having/ doing something impor- antee exploration (N.) : an examination tant adapt (V.) : To adjust; to modify of something to find out about it depreciate (V.) : to become less adhere (V.) : to stick firmly 227. (4) tempest valuable over a period of time 222. (2) recluse tempest (N.) : a violent storm 217. (4) illegible recluse : a person who lives weather (N.) : the condition of alone and likes to avoid other illegible (Adj.) : difficult/ impos- the atmosphere at a particular people sible to read place and time (temperature, iconoclast : a person who crit- ineligible (Adj.) : not having nec- wind, rain, sun, etc.) icizes popular beliefs/ estab- essary qualifications to have/ do lished customs and ideas breeze (N.) : a light mind something 228. (4) imposter/impostor sage : a very wise person decipher (Adj.) : to succeed in priest : a person who performs impostor (N.) : a person who pre- finding the meaning of something religious ceremonies tends to be somebody else in of that is difficult to read/ un- 223. (2) bibliophile order to trick people derstand imperialist (N.) : a person who bibliophile (N.) : a person who ugly (Adj.) : not good-looking/ believes in a powerful country loves/ collects books beautiful, unpleasant to look at ; increasing its influence over oth- bibliomaniac (N.) : excessive unattractive, unpleasant or dan- er countries through business, fondness for acquiring and pos- gerous of an event/ a situation culture, etc. sessing books SEE–670