test your verbal ability

Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column

1. complacent----------------a. covering everything
2. complement---------------b. complete
3. complicity------------------c. consist of
4. comprehensive-----------d. make up(2)
5. comprise-------------------e. brief and to the point
6. compose-------------------f. making peace
7. constitute-----------------g. participation in wrongdoing
8. conciliatory----------------h. self-satisfied
9. concise

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  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare
    complacent-- self-satisfied; contented to a fault
    The football team won so many games that it became complacent.

    complement-- to complete, to fill up, to be the perfect counterpart
    The flower arrangement complemented the table decorations.

    complicity-- participation in wrongdoing;
    Complicity among the students made it impossible to find out which of them had set fire to the teacher.

    comprehensive-- covering or including everything
    The insurance policy was comprehensive; it covered all possible losses.
  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare
    comprise-- to consist of
    A football team comprises eleven players on offense and eleven players on defense.

    conciliatory-- making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
    When peace has been made, we say that warring parties have come to a reconciliation.

    concise--brief and to the point
    A concise speaker is one who speaks concisely,or who speaks with concision.
  • limestone7000
    limestone7000
    u missed compose and constitute
    compose - make up!
    constitute - to consist of
    [i think u have mentioned "comprise - to consist of", so correct me if i m wrong]

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