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
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 Katdarecomplacent-- 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 Katdarecomprise-- 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. -
limestone7000u 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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