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Notes 54. Praise (commend the merit of): He is praised for his courage.
Admire (regard with pleased surprise): The beautiful girl is admired by all.
55. Rob (take property from a place unlawfully and often by force): She was robbed of her ring.
Steal (take property secretly without right): My watch had been stolen.
56. Remark (give casual expression): He remarked that he had become very naughty.
Comment (give some opinion): I am not going to comment on this book.
57. Recollect (call back to the mind): She recollects her childhood days.
Remember (remember something after a lapse): I could not remember his name.
58. Rescue (set free): He rescued a child from drowning.
Redeem (deliver from sin or set free by payment): The terrorists at last redeemed the prisoners
on certain conditions.
Reclaim (reform a person): He reclaimed him from vice.
59. Sober (sane or tranquil): He is a sober man.
Solemn (serious and awe inspiring): There was a solemn silence in the graveyard.
Serious (not given to pleasure seeking): One should be serious to one’s work.
60. Spectator (on looker esp. of a show or game): The spectators took a lot of interest in the football
match.
Beholder (who takes notice of something unusual): The beholder was enchanted by her beauty.
Observer (one who watches carefully): He was sent there as an observer.
61. Substitute (acting for or serving for another): Tea can be a good substitute for coffee.
Replace (put back in its place; take the place of): Nothing can replace a mother’s love and care.
62. Say (utter): He said that the name of his sister was Jane.
Speak (hold conversation): I request you to speak slowly.
Talk (converse): They were talking about their business.
Tell (give detailed account of): He told me about his future plans.
63. Sight (anything seen): It is a beautiful sight for the pets.
Scenery (the view of a landscape): The beautiful scenery of Kashmir fascinates the visitors.
Scene (description of an incident): The historian has truly described the scene of a great battle.
64. Seem (appear to be): What seems easy is often very difficult. Appear (become visible): The stars
appear in the cloudless sky.
65. Shade (comparative darkness caused by cutting off the direct rays of light): The trees give a
pleasant shade to the weary travellers.
Shadow (area or shade; dark shade thrown on the ground, a wall, floor etc.) The earth’s shadow
when falls on the moon causes lunar eclipse.
66. See (use the power of sight without effort): A blind-man cannot see anything.
Look (try to see): I looked at the picture but could not find anything beautiful in it.
Watch (see closely): The boy was watching the television.
67. Teach (give instruction to, cause to know or be able to do): He taught me French.
Educate (give intellectual and moral training): To Wordsworth, Nature can educate man.
Train (give teaching and practice to someone in order to bring to a desired standard of behaviour):
The children should be trained to be good citizens.
68. Trifle (thing, event esp. of little value or importance): It is silly to quarrel over trifles.
Trivial (something trifling and lacking seriousness): Their objectives for future plans were quite
trivial.

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