ReWriting.......: Be your own Judge...

ReWriting.......: Be your own Judge...

CHAPTER 1. VOCABULARY

                                 VOCABULARY

ONE WORD - A SMALL COLLECTION

A-

Abdicate -        Renounce a throne, high office or dignity

Abolish-           Do away with

Accelerate  -    To move faster

Accomplice -   One association with another especially in wrong -doing

Acoustics-        Science of the production , transmission ,reception and effect of sound

Acrobat -         One who performs gymnastics feats

Adolescence-   The period of life form puberty to maturity

Actuary -         One who calculates insurance and annuity premium etc. 

Adulterate-      Make impure by the addition of inferior substance

Aggression-     Unprovoked attack of one country by another 

Amnesty-         General pardon

Abattoir-         A building where animals are killed for meal(or slaughterhouse) 

Ad hoc-           Made for a particular purpose

Aeronautics-   The Science of the operation and flight of aircraft

Aesthete-         A person with a highly developed sense of beauty 

Agnostic-         One who believes that nothing can be known about God 

Agoraphobia - Fear of open spaces

Alibi -              It is Latin for elsewhere. It is actually a plea of having been elsewhere at the time of                              commission of an act. But it is now used in the sense of excuse. Example- He offered 

                          no alibi for his absence from duty.

Alimony-         Compensatory allowance given to wife after divorce 

Allergic-          Allergy means , a heightened sensitivity to substance as food, medicine etc. Allergic                            means having an aversion to. He is allergic to hard work.

Altruist-          One who is habitually kind to others

Alumnus-        A former student of a school or college

Ambivalent-   The word means simultaneous attraction to-words and repulsion from an object,                                    person or action. The attitude of education Indians to love-marriages is ambivalent

Anachronism- That which appears to be in the wrong period 

Anarchy    -     Lawlessness and disorder caused by absence of control

Anecdote  -     A Short  interesting or amusing story

Anthology-     A collection of poems or writings

Aphorism-      (or maxim) A wise saying in a few words 

Aphrodisiac-  A medicine causing sexual excitement 

Apiary-           A place where bees are kept

Apprentice-    A person who works under someone to learn that person's skill

Arboreal-        Those who live in trees

Armistice-       (or cease-fire or truce )An agreement to stop fighting

Ascetic-            One who avoids physical pleasures and comforts

Astrology-        The art of understanding the influence of heavenly bodies 

Astronomy-      Scientific study of heavenly bodies

Aviary -             A place for keeping birds   

ENGLISGH PROFICIENCY

CHAPTER 1.   VOCABULARY

CHAPTER 2.    GRAMMAR

CHAPTER 3.    READING COMPREHENSION

CHAPTER 4.    COMPOSITION