2nd
PUC ENGLISH STREAMS WORKBOOK ANSWERS PAIRS OF WORDS
B. PAIRS
OF WORDS
1) The police had to use tear gas in order to
_________________ the mob
a. disburse b. disperse
Ans:
b. disperse
2) The son
asked for his parents’ _________________ for the marriage,
a. ascent b. assent
Ans:
b. assent
3) Why don’t you _________________ some money in a
business venture?
a. divest b. invest
Ans:
b. invest
4) Chicken pox is _________________.
a. contagious b. chronic
Ans:
a. contagious
5) Suresh is _________________ to smoking.
a. devoted b. addicted
Ans:
b. addicted
6) The
texture of the cloth is _________________.
a. coarse b.
course
Ans:
a. coarse
7) Parents must regulate the _________________ of
their children,
a. customs b. habits
Ans:
b. habits
8) Can you read out the _________________ on the
grave?
a. epitaph b. epithet
Ans:
a. epitaph
9) The cyclone _________________ without causing any
catastrophe.
a. abetted b. abated
Ans:
b. abated
10) Columbus _________________ America.
a. discovered b.
invented
Ans:
a. discovered
11) This is a monument belonging to the
_________________ period.
a. ancient b. old.
Ans: a. ancient
