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Flaunt and Flout Flaunt: Show off, display ostentatiously. — She often flaunts her wealth. Flout: Oppose; treat with contempt — He takes great pride in flouting traffic rules. Elicit and Illicit Elicit: Draw facts or response from someone, often with difficulty. — Finally, we have managed to elicit the truth from her. Illicit: Illegal or forbidden — They are selling
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Emigrant and Immigrant Emigrant: A person who leaves one’s own country — There is an increase in the number of emigrants from India to the USA. Immigrant: A person who has come to live permanently to a foreign country. —The increasing number of immigrants in the USA may affect the quality of life there. Exceptional and Exceptionable Exceptional: Out of the ordinary, uncommon. —His performance has been exceptional in these exams. Exceptionable: Likely to cause offence or objection. — I find his language quite exceptionable. Fatal and Fateful Fatal: Causing death, disaster — The fatal accident has shattered many families. Fateful: Affecting one’s destiny, important for one’s future. — Suresh repents that fateful moment when he met his business partner. Judicial and Judicious Judicial: Of or by a court of justice, legal proceedings — We are hoping that the judicial inquiry ordered will reveal the truth. Judicious: Sound judgement; prudent and wise —Her decision regarding the sale of the house was a judicious one. Discover Match the following 1. Tetrabrach 2. Tetrabranchiate 3. Tetrachord 4. Tetrad 5. Tetragon 6. Tetragram a. a series of four notes of the diatonic scale b. a word of four short syllables c. having four similar gills or similar organs d. a four lettered word e. a group of four f. four sided figure Looking back Sphnix: In Greek mythology Sphnix was a monster, half woman and half lion, which killed all those inhabitants of Thebes who couldn’t solve the riddle which it asked them. The riddle was "Which animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?" The answer is Man — he crawls as a baby, he walks erect when he is young and uses a stick in old age. When Oedipus answered the question correctly the Sphnix killed itself. Ponder Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of human heart. — Burke Score card 1b, 2c, 3a, 4e, 5f, 6d. — Illa Vij |
