Vocabulary and Activities for Intermediate Level - i - (abandon - about face)

 

Vocabulary	Similar words/ English meaning	Sinhala meaning
1.     abandon - v 2.     abase - v 3.     abashed - adj 4.     abate - v 5.     abbreviate - v 6.     abdicate - v 7.     abduct - v 8.     abhor - v 9.     abide - v 10.  abiding – adj. 11.  ability - n 12.  abject - adj 13.  ablaze - adj 14.  abnormal - adj 15.  abolish -v 16.  abominable – adj. 17.  aboriginal - adj 18.  abort - v 19.  abound - adj 20.  about-face - n	1.     leave behind 2.     belittle, humiliate  3.     belittled, humiliated 4.     decrease, subside 5.     shorten, condense 6.     resign, give up   7.     kidnap 8.     detest, dislike  9.     put up with 10.  permanent 11.  skill, talent   12.  hopeless, miserable   13.  burning, alight  14.  strange, unusual 15.  end, cancel   16.  awful, terrible  17.  native 18.  abandon, end 19.  overflowing, plentiful 20.  reversal, U-turn	1) අත්හැරීම  2) අපහාස කිරීම  3) අපහාසයට පාත්‍රවු  4) අඩු වීම වඩා යහපත් අතට භැරීම  5) කෙටි කිරීම  6) බලය අත්හැරීම  7) පැහැර ගැනීම  8) පිළිකුල් කිරීම  9) ඉවසා දරා ගැනීම  10) දිගුකාලීන 11) හැකියාව  12) අන්ත අසරණ 13) දැවෙනල දීප්තිමත් ලෙස  14) අසාමාන්‍ය  15) අහෝසි කිරීම  16) පිළිකුල් සහගත  17) ආදිවාසී  18) අවලංගු කිරීම  19) බහුල  20) අංශක 180 ක් ආපසු හැරවීම

 Words in context:

1.    Some people abandon their pets. We decided to abandon the idea of going on a trip due to a lack of funds. Most abandoned houses look haunted. Her abandoned behaviour caused Trixie a lot of trouble   

2.    Some rich people abase the poor.

3.    I was abashed by my friend’s awful behaviour.

4.    After a head massage, Manu’s headache abated. The prices of fuel are unlikely to abate anytime soon.

5.    My name is Dilshan, but some people abbreviate my name and call me Dil. I don’t like it.  

6.    King Siri Sangabo abdicated his throne to become a hermit. 

7.    The famous singer Kasun Mihiranga was abducted by an unknown group. 

8.    My mother abhors laziness. 

9.    I can’t abide by any rule that does not make sense to me. 

10.My friendships are abiding. 

11.I have the ability to remember a lot of telephone numbers. 

12.I felt abject after hurting my friend. Many countries in Africa suffer from abject poverty. 

13.The forest was ablaze by the time the fire truck had reached the spot. The house was ablaze with hundreds of lights. 

14.Because of her abnormal behaviour, no one liked Penney.  

15.The government plans to abolish some outdated laws.

16.Penney’s table manners are abominable. 

17.Aboriginal customs must be protected for future generations.

18.Elon Musk is going to abort the Mars Mission due to a lack of funds. 

19.Crime abounds in big cities. Mango trees abound in the dry zone. This area abounds with mango trees.

20.The government did an about-face regarding the importing of electric vehicles from China.

 

Exercises:

1.     Match the words with their similar words in Sinhala and English

EM	SM	Vocabulary	Similar words/ English meaning	Sinhala meaning
		1.     abandon - v 2.     abase - v 3.     abashed - adj 4.     abate - v 5.     abbreviate - v 6.     abdicate - v 7.     abduct - v 8.     abhor - v 9.     abide - v 10.  abiding – adj. 11.  ability - n 12.  abject - adj 13.  ablaze - adj 14.  abnormal - adj 15.  abolish -v 16.  abominable – adj. 17.  aboriginal - adj 18.  abort - v 19.  abound - adj 20.  about-face - n	1.     abandon, end 2.     awful, terrible  3.     belittle, humiliate  4.     belittled, humiliated 5.     burning, alight  6.     decrease, subside 7.     detest, dislike  8.     end, cancel   9.     hopeless, miserable   10.  kidnap 11.  leave behind 12.  native 13.  overflowing, plentiful 14.  permanent 15.  put up with 16.  resign, give up   17.  reversal, U-turn   18.  shorten, condense 19.  skill, talent   20.  strange, unusual	1*  ඉවසා දරා ගැනීම 2*    දිගුකාලීන 3*    කෙටි කිරීම 4*    පැහැර ගැනීම 5*    පිළිකුල් සහගත 6*    පිළිකුල් කිරීම 7*    බලය අත්හැරීම 8*    බහුල 9*    අත්හැරීම 10*  ආදිවාසී 11*  අහෝසි කිරීම 12*  අසාමාන්‍ය 13*  අවලංගු කිරීම 14*  අපහාස කිරීම 15*  අපහාසයට පාත්‍රවු 16*  අඩු වීම වඩා යහපත් අතට භැරීම 17*  අංශක 180 ක් ආපසු හැරවීම 18*  හැකියාව 19*  අන්ත අසරණ 20* දැවෙන දීප්තිමත් ලෙස

 

2.     Fill in the blanks with the most suitable spelling words

1.    …….. customs must be protected for future generations.

2.    After a head massage, Manu’s headache ………d. The prices of fuel are unlikely to …… anytime soon.

3.    Because of her ……….. behaviour, no one liked Penney.  

4.    Crime …….s in big cities. Mango trees …….. in the dry zone. This area …….s with mango trees.

5.    Elon Musk is going to ……. the Mars Mission due to a lack of funds. 

6.    I can’t …….. by any rule that does not make any sense to me. 

7.    I felt ……… after hurting my friend. Many countries in Africa suffer from ……… poverty. 

8.    I have the ……. to remember a lot of telephone numbers. 

9.    I was …… by my friend’s awful behaviour.

10.King Siri Sangabo ……..d his throne to become a hermit. 

11.My friendships are ……... 

12.My mother ………s laziness. 

13.My name is Dilshan, but some people ……. my name and call me Dil. I don’t like it.  

14.Penney’s table manners are ………. 

15.Some people ……….. their pets. We decided to …….. the idea of going on a trip due to a lack of funds. Most …….ed houses look haunted. Her ………ed behaviour caused Trixie a lot of trouble   

16.Some rich people …… the poor.

17.The famous singer Kasun Mihiranga was ………ed by an unknown group. 

18.The forest was ………. by the time the fire-truck had reached the spot. The house was ……. with hundreds of lights. 

19.The government did an ………… regarding the importing of electric vehicles from China.

20.The government plans to …….. some outdated laws.