The Quiz # Origin Of Punctuation

The quiz given below is based on the reading passage Origin Of Punctuation.

The table given has two columns, Column A and Column B. Column A consist of words from the passage and column B has their respective meanings. Your task is to match the word with the correct meaning.

 COLUMN A  COLUMN B
1. intimately  (i)to lay stress upon
 2. librarian (ii)eminent above or before others
3. eloquent (iii)to supply with critical or explanatory notes
4. persuasive  (iv)the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or hammer
5. mangle (v)associated in close personal relations
6. emphasize (vi)deeply engrossed or absorbed
7. bystander (vii)to place between
8. annotate (viii)a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject
9. convinced (ix)having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech
10. preeminent (x)a person present but not involved; chance spectator; onlooker
11. abandoned (xi)the group of spectators at a public event
12. rapt (xii)a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing,person, ideal, etc
13. audiences (xiii)able, fitted, or intended to persuade
14. stroke (xiv)(a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low,indistinct voices
 15. interposed  (xv)to spoil
16. cult  (xvi)forsaken or deserted
 17. scholars (xvii) a person in charge of a library, especially the chief administrative officer of a library
 18. murmuring  (xviii)to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or course of action

ANSWERS

  1. v
  2. xvii
  3. ix
  4. xiii
  5. xv
  6. i
  7. x
  8. iii
  9. xviii
  10. ii
  11. xvi
  12. vi
  13. xi
  14. iv
  15. vii
  16. xii
  17. viii
  18. xiv

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