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Curriculum Development Centre
Source: Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary(Electronic Form), 2010

1. Enrich Your Vocabulary
a. Find out the head words in the dictionary entry above and write
their phonemic transcriptions.
b. Find out the synonyms for the following words from the entry.

i. Command ii. Guru iii. Hungry
c. Where does stress fall in the words thirsty, guru and mastery?

d. Form a sentence each using the words thirsty, guru and mastery.

2. Read and Answer

a. Read the dictionary entries again, and tick the correct answer.
i. Which word class does the word thirsty fall in?

(a) Noun (b) Verb (c) Adverb (d) Adjective
ii. Which of the following is an adverb?

(a) Thirstily (b) Guru (c) Thirsty (d) Mastery
iii. What does the word guru mean in the sentence ‘Most
management gurus base their appeal on one big theme.’?

(a) a Hindu religious teacher
(b) an expert on a particular subject
(c) a Christian religious teacher

(d) a Buddhist religious teacher

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