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English Grammar and Composition Classes Nine and Ten - Adjectives - Vocabulary

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SSC (Class 9-10)English Grammar and Composition Classes Nine and Ten - Adjectives - Vocabulary
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English Grammar and Composition Classes Nine and Ten
1. Adjectives from the Introductory Letter (8 words)
fantastic[/fÃĻnˈtÃĻstÉĒk/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ…āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ
Alt: āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ; āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝāϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋
Example: The weather is fantastic in winter.
Syn: wonderfulAnt: terrible
💡 Exam tip: ‘Fantastic’ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ positive adjective; noun-āĻāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻž linking verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
humid[/ˈhjuːmÉĒd/]adjmedium
Meaning: āφāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āϰ
Alt: āϜāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
Example: The air is humid during the rainy season.
Syn: dampAnt: dry
💡 Exam tip: Comparative: more humid; superlative: most humidāĨ¤
moderate[/ˈmɒdərət/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ
Alt: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāϤ; āϏāĻšāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ
Example: The temperature is moderate today.
Syn: reasonableAnt: extreme
💡 Exam tip: ‘Moderate’ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ long adjective āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ more moderate, most moderate āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
strong[/strɒŋ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀
Alt: āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ; āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ
Example: There was a strong wind last night.
Syn: powerfulAnt: weak
💡 Exam tip: Irregular comparative: stronger; superlative: strongestāĨ¤
soothing[/ˈsuːðÉĒŋ/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•
Alt: āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•; āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•
Example: The sunlight was soothing in the morning.
Syn: calmingAnt: irritating
💡 Exam tip: ‘Soothing’ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ noun-āĻāϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ attributive āĻŦāĻž predicative adjective āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
interesting[/ˈÉĒntrəstÉĒŋ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧂āĻšāϞ⧋āĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻ•
Example: Winter vegetables are interesting to visitors.
Syn: fascinatingAnt: boring
💡 Exam tip: Comparative: more interesting; superlative: most interestingāĨ¤
delicious[/dÉĒˈlÉĒʃəs/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁
Alt: āϰ⧁āϚāĻŋāĻ•āϰ
Example: Bangladeshi pitha is delicious.
Syn: tastyAnt: tasteless
💡 Exam tip: āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤ⧋āϧāĻŋāĻ• syllable-āĻāϰ adjective-āĻ more/most āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
mild[/maÉĒld/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁
Alt: āĻ•āĻŽ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ; āύāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϤ⧋āĻˇā§āĻŖ
Example: Bangladesh has a milder winter than Russia.
Syn: gentleAnt: severe
💡 Exam tip: Comparative: milder; superlative: mildestāĨ¤
2. Degrees of Comparison (8 words)
big[/bÉĒÉĄ/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ
Alt: āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻšā§Ž
Example: This year the gourds are bigger.
Syn: largeAnt: small
💡 Exam tip: āĻāĻ• vowel āĻ“ āĻāĻ• consonant-āĻ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž short adjective-āĻ āĻļ⧇āώ consonant āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ: big-bigger-biggestāĨ¤
nice[/naÉĒs/]adjeasy
Meaning: āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ
Alt: āĻŽāύ⧋āϰāĻŽ; āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋
Example: She bought a nicer dress.
Syn: pleasantAnt: unpleasant
💡 Exam tip: āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ e āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ r āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ st āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāϝāĻŧ: nice-nicer-nicestāĨ¤
dirty[/ˈdɜːrti/]adjeasy
Meaning: āύ⧋āĻ‚āϰāĻž
Alt: āĻŽāϝāĻŧāϞāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ
Example: Cities are dirtier than villages.
Syn: uncleanAnt: clean
💡 Exam tip: āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ consonant+y āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ y āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ ier/iest āĻšāϝāĻŧ: dirty-dirtier-dirtiestāĨ¤
powerful[/ˈpaʊərfəl/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāύ
Alt: āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀; āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀
Example: We need a more powerful association.
Syn: strongAnt: powerless
💡 Exam tip: Comparative āĻ“ superlative-āĻ more/most āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧋āĨ¤
good[/ɡʊd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋
Alt: āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ; āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟ
Example: This is a better camera than the old one.
Syn: excellentAnt: bad
💡 Exam tip: Irregular forms: good-better-best; more good āĻŦāĻž gooder āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
bad[/bÃĻd/]adjeasy
Meaning: āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ
Alt: āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ; āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ
Example: The road is worse than before.
Syn: poorAnt: good
💡 Exam tip: Irregular forms: bad-worse-worstāĨ¤
far[/fɑːr/]adjmedium
Meaning: āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀
Alt: āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ
Example: The school is farther from my home.
Syn: distantAnt: near
💡 Exam tip: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ distance-āĻ farther/farthest āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ figurative āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇ further/furthest āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
important[/ÉĒmˈpɔːrtənt/]adj
Meaning: āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
Alt: āϤāĻžā§ŽāĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
Example: Taste is more important than quantity.
Syn: significantAnt: unimportant
💡 Exam tip: Long adjective: more important, most importantāĨ¤
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