Vocabulary Building.

 *Vocabulary Building*

Check out how good is your vocabulary. Take the given exercise.

 

Replace the highlighted words with another words that means the same, from the options given below.

_*(rattling, churlish, changeable, circumvent, camouflage, typical, circumference, caliber, clemency, candor)*_

1. Windy days are *characteristic* of December.

2. Her moods are as *flighty* as the weather.

3. Shailesh tends to be *ill-tempered* before he has had breakfast.

4. We sailed around the entire *boundary* of the island.

5. The swindler tried to *evade* the law.

6. We heard the pots and pans *clanking*  in the kitchen.

7. The defendant was grateful for the judge’s *leniency*.

8. His character was of the highest *merit*.

9. A chameleon *disguises* itself by changing color.

10. A good critic must be a man of great *honesty*.

*Answers*

1. Windy days are typical of December.

2. Her moods are as changeable  as the weather.

3. Shailesh tends to be churlish before he has had breakfast.

4. We sailed around the entire circumference of the island.

5. The swindler tried to circumvent the law.

6. We heard the pots and pans rattling in the kitchen.

7. The defendant was grateful for the judge’s clemency.

8. His character was of the highest caliber.

9. A chameleon camouflages itself by changing color.

10. A good critic must be a man of great candor.