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 a 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 a course of action |
ANSWERS
- v
- xvii
- ix
- xiii
- xv
- i
- x
- iii
- xviii
- ii
- xvi
- vi
- xi
- iv
- vii
- xii
- viii
- xiv