Compulsory English-Grade-XII_Kesh Rana

UNIT-XX Power and Politics Working with words A.     Find the words from the text for these meanings. The first letters have been given for you.      a.      Reluctance :    unwillingness or disinclination to do something      b.      Repressive :    preventing the expression or awareness of thoughts or desires      c.      Mutilation :      the infliction of serious damage on something      d.      Ghettoized :    restricted to an isolated or segregated place, group, or situation      e.      Herstory :       history viewed from a female or specifically feminist perspective      f.       Genital :           relating to the human or animal reproductive organs      g.      Hysterectomies :        surgical operations to remove all or part of the uterus      h.      Paranoid :       obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful      i.       Eventration :  thrusting forward of abdominal organs through the abdominal wall B.     Complete the chart. Verb Noun A

UNIT-XIX Migration and Diaspora Working with words A.     Find the words from the text that have the following meanings. The first letter of the word has been given. a)      Sojourner         a person who resides temporarily in a place b)     Transnational   existing in or involving different countries c)      Remittance      a sum of money sent in payment or as a gift d)     Assimilation   the process of allowing somebody to become a part of a country or community e)      Misnomer         a name or a word that is not appropriate or accurate f)      Confer              to give somebody an award or a particular honour or right g)     Dormant           not active or growing now but able to become active h)     Persecution      the act of treating somebody in a cruel and unfair way B.     Consonant sounds A consonant sound is one in which the air flow is cut off, either partially or completely, when the sound is produced. There are twenty-four consonants