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LAB Two : Vocabulary development

Task 1

Write down the common prefixes and suffixes as given in the shared document from Technical English (Page no. 6,7,8)

Task 2

Write down the list of words as synonyms & antonyms as given the shared document from Technical English by Dr. M. Hemamalini. (page no. 10,11,12)

Task 3

Find out the difference between following words.

discovery-invention                  literary-literacy

past-passed                               bought-brought

rent-fare-rate-price                   assent-ascent                  access-excess

vocation-profession                  accept-except                 continual-continuous

acquisitive-inquisitive              ordinary-mediocre          famous-popular

last-final                                  peaceful-placid               beneficial-benevolent

compassion-sympathy              credible-creditable         

proposition-preposition            weather-climate             

complement-compliment          exercise-exorcise            eminent-imminent

dilate-dilute                             course-coarse                 genteel-gentle

illegible-ineligible                     legible-eligible                militant-militate

moral-morale                           structure-stricture           ingenious-ingenuous

septic-sceptic

Task 4 Write down the following words and its meanings.

There are numerous ways of enriching one's vocabulary. One of them is getting to know the precise word for specialists. Here are a few samples.

 Word                   Meaning

Cartographer         a person who makes maps.

Genealogist          a person who studies the history of the members of family.

Gerontologist        a person who studies old age, its effects on the body etc.

Ornithologist        a person who studies birds.

Philologist            a person who studies the nature and growth of a language

Philatelist             a stamp collector.

Philanthropist       a person who loves mankind.

Misogynist           a person who hates women

Kleptomaniac       a person with a mental aberration leading to thefts.

Dipsomania          the compulsion to drink alcohol.

Pyromania            the compulsion to start fires.

Pyrotechnic          fireworks

Alopecia               baldness

Trichology            the study of human hair.

Anorexia              loss of appetite.

Amnesia               loss of memory.

Aesthetics             relating to the study appreciation of beauty.

Ventriloquist        one who can speak without opening one’s mouth.

Task 5 Write down the following words.

Quite often you must have felt at a loss of words for a group of animals, birds, people, objects etc. Here are some collective terms for ready reference.

A fleet of ships                                  a sack of potatoes

A school of whales, dolphins            a mouthful of food

A packet of cigarettes                        a clump/grove of trees

A pack of wolves                               a pocketful of money

A herd of elephants                            a bouquet of flowers

A suite of furniture                             a staff of teachers

a wardrobe of clothes                         a pride of lions, peacocks         

a pack of cards                                   a swarm of bees, wasps

a litter of puppies                               a posse of policemen

a fleet of trawlers                               a set of tools

a hand of bananas                              a crowd of people

a flock of birds                                  a bunch of keys

a couple of man and wife                  a host of angels

a peal of bells                                    a sheaf of corn

Task 6  Identify the words as ‘compounding’ or ‘blending’.

1.     Cornflakes

2.     Downpour

3.     Dumbfound

4.     Glimmer

5.     Faction

6.     Emoticon

7.     Skywarm

8.     Highschool

9.     Advertainment

      waterbed

Task 7 Write the original words against the clipped words.

1.     groom

2.     bro

3.     lunch

4.     congrats

5.     dorm

6.     spec 

7.     rehab

8.     ad 

9.     gas 

1   doc 

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Task 8:  Form nouns from verbs.

1.      to agree   - ___________

2.      to invite - ____________

3.      to conclude - __________

4.      to defend - ____________

5.      to type - _____________

6.      to beg - ______________

7.      to criticize - ___________

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