Vocabulary Exercise – 24

1. Quarter (n) – क्वाटर - आवास / सवा

The servant was sleeping in his quarter.

I often take dinner at quarter past seven.

2. Jealous (adj.) – जैलस - जलन/ ईर्ष्या

Are you feeling jealous of me?

I hate people who jealous.

3. Earnest (adj.) - अर्नेस्ट - गंभीर

Ritu is pretty earnest about her career, and she does not waste her time playing games or watching TV.

Siddharth’s salary is one lakh rupees, and he even does his job very earnestly and honestly.

4. Verify (v.) – वैरिफाय - सत्यापित करना / पुष्टि करना

Enter the code received by SMS to verify your phone.

There was no clear cut evidence to verify Sushant’s death.

5. Kernel (n.) - कर्नेल - दाना / बीज / मुख्य / भाग

However, all the players in the Indian Badminton Team are excellent, but PV Sindhu is the kernel player.

While eating the mango in a hurry, Ranjan gulped down the kernel as well.

6. Rather (adv.) – रादर - बजाय / बल्कि

You should speak in English rather than Hindi.

I am not forty; rather I am just thirty years old.

7. Callous (adj.) - कैलस - कठोर / निर्दयी / निर्मम

 If mom – dad behave callously with their child and beat them, then it will have a destructive impact on the psychology of the child.

 We should not talk callously to those working under us; after all, they are working so hard for us.

8. Make sure (phr.) – मेक श्योर - सुनिश्चित करना

 Make sure you wash your hands before you touch the food.

Please make sure nothing goes wrong.

9. Fade (vi.) - फेड - मुरझाना / बेरंग होना / धूमिल होना

 If the flowers don’t get water and sunlight in the right amount, then their colour gets faded away, and they fall off the tree.

 Once childhood is over, only its memories remain, which gradually keep fading.

10. Object (n. & v.) – ऑब्जैक्ट - वस्तु / ऐतराज़ जताना

Have you ever seen an unidentified flying object?

 He objected to his wife’s working outside.