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VOCABULARY
1. attrition: (a) reduce strength (b) reduce pro-
duction (c) reduce consumption (d) reduce subsidy.
2. brouhaha: (a) noisy reaction (b) sincere effort
(c) surprise attack (d) late arrival.
3. cringe: (a) suffer losses (b) experience embar-
rassment (c) strike hard (d) experience hardships.
4. detritus: (a) waste (b) exploration
(c) discovery (d) invention.
5. echelon: (a) promotion (b) level (c) demotion
(d) choice.
6. fluster: (a) refuse (b) clarify (c) defuse (d) con-
fuse.
7. gobbledegook: (a) worthless possession (b)
futile effort (c) meaningless language (d) strange
behaviour.
8. hare: (a) walk slow (b) eat fast (c) make money
(d) run speedily.
9. intrepid: (a) arrogant (b) fearless (c) sensible
(d) grateful.
10. lambent: (a) flowing (b) flying (c) glowing
(d) crying.
11. mnemonic: (a) relating to energy (b) relating
to memory (c) relating to politics (d) relating to litera-
ture.
12. nosey: (a) curious (b) passive (c) rude (d) poor.
13. outlandish: (a) unreasonable (b) punctual
(c) logical (d) nervous.
14. prophylactic: (a) inventive mind (b) courteous
fellow (c) preventive (course of action) (d) deceptive
look.
15. rumbling: (a) confused (b) impressive (c) silent
(d) noisy.
16. schismatic: (a) separate (b) unified
(c) alarming (d) gradual.
17. tittle-tattle: (a) sermon (b) gossip (c) myth
(d) epic.
18. vacuous: (a) lacking courage (b) lacking con-
viction (c) lacking intelligent idea (d) lacking initiative.
ANSWERS
1. attrition: (c) reduce strength (after attack).
The rebels have declared a cease-fire in the war
of attrition against the government.
2. brouhaha: (a) noisy reaction.
The brouhaha over Chinas nuclear submarine
was typical of ill-informed panic or excitement.
3. cringe: (b) experience embarrassment.
Owing to poor publicity the Indian community
abroad has often cringed.
4. detritus: (a) waste, debris.
The burnt-out building was littered with the
detritus of war.
5. echelon: (b) level, rank.
The investigative team collected enough evi-
dence against many in the top echelons of the bank.
6. fluster: (d) confuse, excite.
Foreign investors in India feel more flustered
because they are not used to bureaucratic hurdles.
7. gobbledegook: (c) meaningless/unintelligible
language.
He came out with a gobbledegook kind of an
explanation when his absurd remark ruffled many a
feeling.
8. hare (V): (d) run speedily.
Organisers of National Games were seen haring
around trying to get their act together.
9. intrepid: (d) fearless.
The Chief Minister inspired an intrepid journa-
list to write a critical but supportive biography of hers.
10. lambent: (c) glowing, flickering.
The cover of the slim but delectable volume of
images was recorded through a lambent effort of
memory.
11. mnemonic: (b) relating to memory.
Poetry is no longer a mnemonic of anguish or
ecstasy.
12. nosey: (a) curious/showing curiosity.
They were getting intimate in a safe place like a
restaurant instead of running the risk of being caught
by noisey policemen or parents.
13. outlandish: (b) unreasonable, strange.
This idea is not as outlandish as it sounds.
14. prophylactic: (a) preventive (course of
action).
Astrology provides a prophylactic to all those
who are prone to despair, distress and desperation.
15. rumbling (d) noisy (because of annoyance/
unhappiness).
The rumblings of discontent over the new
Labour Policy were not confined to the critics of the
policy only.
16. schismatic: (a) separate, divided.
Some sects have been recognised as schismatic
and distinct from Sikhs.
17. tittle-tattle: (b) gossip.
The true value of the book lies not in tittle-tattle
or scandal but in the plain speaking.
18. vacous: (c) lacking intelligent thought or
idea.
Male models are not always vacous as they are
made out to be.

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