MSC. MASS COM 1ST SEMESTER
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS
FINAL TERM SYLLAYBUS
ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
PAIR OF WORDS
IDIOMATIC PHRASES
TEACHER : MAM ROBINA
PAIRS OF WORDS
Letter A:
1: Accept : قبول کرنا
Except : سوایے
2: access : دسترس
Excess : ضرورت سے زاید
3: advice : نصیحت
Advise : نصیحت کرنا
4: affect: اثر کرنا
Effect: اثر
5: abstain : پرہیز کرنا
Refrain: باز رہنا
6: Adverse نقصان دہ
Averse مخالف
7: addition اضافہ
Edition کتاب کا ایڈیشن
LETTER B
1: Bail : ضمانت
Bale گانٹھ
2: beat : مارنا
Beet : چقندر
3: bridal : عروسی
Bridle : لگام
4: break : توڑنا
Brake : گاڑی کی بریک
5: beneficent : مہربان
Beneficial : مفید
LETTER C
1:canon : اصول
Cannon : توپ
2: canvas موٹا کپڑ ا
Canvass : ووٹ مانگنا
3: cease : رک جانا یا روک دینا
Seize : قبضہ کرنا
4: cell : کوٹھری
Sell: بیچنا
5: casual : اچانک ، اتفاقیہ
Casual : وجوھاتی
6:cite : حوالہ دینا
Site : جگہ
Sight : نظر
7:cloth : کپڑا
Clothe : کپڑا پہننا
8: compere : میزبان
Compare : موازنہ کرنا
9:conscious : آگاہ
Conscience : ضمیر
Conscientious : با ضمیر
10 : cue: اشارہ
Queue : قطار
LETTER D
1: dairy: ڈیری فارم
Diary : ڈائری
2: deceased : مردہ
Diseased : بیمار
3:Dose: دوا کی خوراک
Doze : اونگھنا
4: die : مرنا
Dye : رنگنا
5: dual : دوہرا
Duel : دو افراد کی لڑائی
LETTER: E
1: empire: بڑی ریاست
Umpire : کھیل میں ثالث
2: eligible : اہل
Illegible : نہ پڑھایا جانے والا
3: envelop : لپیٹنا
Envelope: لفافہ
4: emigrant : ملک سے باہر جانے والا
Immigrant : مہاجر
LETTER :F
1: facility: سہولت
Felicity : خوشی
2: farther: زیادہ فاصلے پر
Further : مزید
3:fair: جائز
Fare : کرایہ
4: foreword: پیش لفظ
Forward : آگے آیندہ
5: flew : اڑ گیا
flue : زکام
LETTER G
1: GOAL : مقصد
Gaol : جیل
2: grate: انگیٹھی
Great : عظیم
LETTER :H
1:HEAL : زخم کا بھرنا
HEEL : ایڑھی
2: hew: گرانا
Hue : رنگ
3: heard : سننا
herd: ریور
LETTER I
1: Illicit : ناجائز
Elicit : اخذ کرنا
2: imperial: شاہانہ
Imperious: مغرور
3: impossible: نا ممکن
Impassable : نا قابل گزر
4:Ingenious: انوکھا
Ingenuous : معقول
5: Industrial: صنعتی
Industrious : محنتی
LETTER J
1: judicial: عدالتی
Judicious : عقلمندانہ
2: jealous: حسد کرنے والا
Envious : رشک کرنے والا
LETTER :K
1:kettle : کیتلی
cattle: مویشی
LETTER: L
1: loath : متردد
Loathe : نفرت کرنا
2: loot: لوٹنا
Lute : آلہ موسیقی
3: lion : شیر
Loin : پشت کا گوشت
LETTER : M
1: male : مرد
Mail : ڈاک
2: maize : مکئی
Maze : بھول بھلیاں
3: marital : شادی سے متعلق
Martial : جنگ جو
Marshal: فوج کا اعلی افسر
4: mean : مطلب
Means : ذرائع
Mien : نداز و اطوارI
5: medal : تمغہ
Meddle : بے جا مداخلت
6: massage : مالش
Message : پیغام
7: moral : اخلاقی
Morale : اعتماد اور جذبہ
LETTER :N
1:naughty: شرارتی
Knotty : الجھے ہوۓ
LETTER :O
1: OAR: چپو
ORE : ذخیرہ ،چٹانی
2: ordinance : فرمان
Ordnance : اسلحہ سے متعلق
LETTER P
1: palate : تالو
Pallet : چٹائی ،عارضی بستر
Palette : رنگ ملانے کے لئے لکڑی کا تختہ
2: patrol: گشت کرنا
Petrol : ایندھن ،پیٹرول
3: plain: ہموار
Plan: منصوبہ
Plane : ہوائی جہاز
4: practical: عملی
practicable: قابل عمل
5: profit: منافع
Prophet : پیغمبر
6:peal: شور والی آواز
Peel: چھیلنا
7: proceed: آگے بڑھنا
precede: پہلے آنا
LETTER Q
1:quiet: خاموش
Quite : بالکل
LETTER R
1:rest : آرام
Wrest : مسخ کرنا
2: rain: بارش
Rein : لگام
Reign: دور حکومت
3: road: سڑک
rode: سوار ہوا
LETTER :S
1:see: دیکھنا
Sea: سمندر
2:scene: منظر
Seen: دیکھ لیا
3:stake : داؤ
steak: گوشت کا پارچہ
4:sculptor: مجسمہ ساز
Sculpture: مجسمہ سازی
5: sociable : ملنسار
social: معاشرتی
6:sooth: سچائی
Sothe : تسکین پہنچانا
7:spacious: وسیع
Specious : بظاھر خوش آئند
8: suspend : معطل کرنا
Suspense : بے یقینی
LETTER :T
1:Tale: قصہ
Tail: دم
2: tenor: روش
Tenure : عرصۂ حکومت
3: tire : تھکنا
tyre: پہیہ
LETTER:U AND V
1:union: اتحاد
Unity: یک جہتی
2:urban : شہری
Urbane : مہذب
3:vain : بیکار
Vein : رگ
4:verbol : زبانی، لفظی
Verbose : لفاظی
5:virtual: عملی طور پر
Virtuous: نیک
LETTER :W
1:waist کمر
Waste : برباد
2:wear: پہننا
Ware: ایک ہی قسم کی چیزیں
3:way : راستہ
Weigh: وزن کرنا
4: went: گیا/گئی
Vent : جذبات کا اظہار کرنا
5: wreak: نقصان پہنچانا
Wreck: تباہ کرنا
Reck: توجہ دینا
6:wreath : گول ہار یا گلدستہ
Wreathe : گھیرنا
7: won : جیتنا
One: ایک
8: Weather
موسم
wether: آیا کہ
LETTER : Y AND Z
1: yoke : جوتنا
Yolk: انڈے کی زردی
Yoke : ظلم و ستم
2:Zealot: انتہا پسند
zealous: پر جوش
IDIOMATIC PHRASES
A to Z
1: Add fuel to the fire
جلتی پر تیل ڈالنا
2: An axe to grind
اپنا الو سیدھا کرنا
3:at the eleventh hour
آخری لمحات میں
4: between the devil and the deep sea
مشکل کاموں میں سے ایک کو چننا
5:bone of contention
فساد کی جڑ
6:beat about the bush
ادھر ادھر کی باتیں کرنا
7:call to mind
ذہن میں لانا
8: catch at a straw
ڈوبتے کو تنکے کا سہارا
9: cat and dog life
لڑائی جھگڑے والی زندگی
10: cry for the moon
ناممکن کے حصول کی خواہش کرنا
11: Die in harness
عملی زندگی کے درمیان وفات پا جانا
12: Drawn game
بغیر نتیجے کے
13:dutch courage
شرابی جیسی بہادری
14:eat one’s words
الفاظ واپس لینا
مایوسی میں ختم ہو جانا
ناجائز طریقے سے فائدہ لینا
17:from hand to mouth
مشکل سے گزارا کرنا
18:fall a prey to
شکار ہو جانا
19:go hand in hand
ساتھ ساتھ
20:give the devil his due
برے کو بھی اسکا جائز حق دینا
21:go without saying
بلا شبہ
22:hair-breadth escape :
بال بال بچنا
23:hue and cry :
شور و غوغا
24: hit below the belt
ناجائز وار کرنا
25:in the nick of time :
عین وقت پر
26:in black and white :
تحریری شکل میں
27: in the teeth of :
مخالفت کے باوجود
28: keep at an arm’s length
دور رکھنا
29:keep the wolf from the door
غربت سے بچنا
30:kick up a row
جھگڑا کرنا
31: let by gones be bygones
پرانی باتیں بھولنا
32:leave in lurch
مشکل میں ساتھ چھوڑ دینا
راز کھولنا
34:make a mountain of a molehill
مبالغہ کرنا
بہت کوشش کرنا
36:make one’s mark
نام بنانا
37: neck and neck
برابری پر
38: null and void
کالعدم قرار دینا
39:odds and ends
غیر اہم چیزیں
40:once in a blue moon
کبھی کبھار
41:poke one’s nose
ٹانگ اڑانا
42: pros an cons
مخالف اور موافق
43: pay back in the same coin
اسی انداز میں جواب دینا
44: red tape
دفتری کاروائی
45: rolling stone
کسی جگہ ٹک کر نہ بیٹھنا
46 : show the white feather
بزدلی دکھانا
47: split hairs
بال کی کھال اتارنا
48: take by storm
اچانک کامیابی حاصل کرلینا
49:take the bull by the horn
مشکلات کا بہادری سے مقابلہ کرنا
50: tooth and nails
شدید انداز سے
51: worship the rising sun
چڑھتے سورج کی پوجا کرنا
52: a yes man
جی حضوری کرنا
53: yeoman “s service
موثر اور مفید مدد فراہم کرنا
ONE WORD SUBTITUTION
1:Abdicate : give up a throne or royal power
2: Aquatic : animal or plants that live in water
3: Ascetic : one who has given up all the joys of life for religion
4: audible : that which can be heard
5: adolescent : growing from childhood to maturity
6: bellicose : inclined to start quarrels
7:bigot : one intolerantly devoted to a party or belief
8: brittle : that which is easily broken
9: burglar: one who breaks into a house to steal
10:bilingual: able to speak two languages equally well
11: callous : insensitive
12:carage : killing of many people
13: credulous : incline to believe anything very easily
14: contagious : that which spread by contact
15: credible : that which can be believed
16: delible : that can be rubbed out or removed (stain , ink , mark)
17: defunct : a speaker who can make people emotional
18: dormant : in state of inaction
19:dilemna : state of person who is ask to choose between two un favorable things
20: diminish : make or become smaller
21: egoist : one who give himself undue importance
22: edible: a thing fit to be eaten
23: elegy: a poem or writing on some one’s death
24:encore : call or demand for repetition
25: exonerate : to free from blame
26: famine : extreme shortage of food
27: fatalist : one who believes too much in fate
28: fragile : that which can easily be broken
29:fanatic : one who passes interest in religion
30: fastidious: one who is not easily pleased
31:genocide: extermination of race
32:graminivorous : one who feeds on grass
33:gregarious: living in groups , fond of company
34: glutton : one who eats too much
35: gratis : free ,without charge
36:heretic: one who has religious opinions which differs from the accepted ones
37:homicide: murder of man
38:homogenous: things of same kind
39:hymn: song in praise of God
40:hiatus : break in continuity
41:illegible : that which cannot be read
42:imposter/impostor: one who assumes wrong character
43:inevitable : that which cannot be avoided
44: indispensable : that which cannot be left
45:infallible : one who cannot make a mistake
46: Juggler: one who exhibits tricks that requires the skill of hand or eye
47:Juvenile : young man
48: jitter : feeling of extreme nervousness
49: jargon : special words or expressions used by professionals that are difficult for others to understand
50: Judicious: wise ,sensible
51:kennel: dog house or shelter
52:kleptomania : craze for stealing things
53: knighthood: the right to put sir in front of one’s name
54:literati: people with knowledge of literature
55:Lacky: one who always behaves like servant
56:Laminate:to cover with thin sheets of metal or plastic
57:low brow: one who has no interest in literature
58:libertarian : one who believes in freedom of speech
59:magnanimous: person with big heart
60:mortuary: place where dead bodies are kept
61:monologue: a loud talk by a person either to himself for others
62:misogynist: one who hates women
63:monetary :related to money
64:nepotism:undue favour to relatives
65:notorious: a man having evil reputation
66:narcissism: a habit of always admiring himself
67:nausea: strong feeling of wanting to vomit
68:nemisis: downfall that satisfies natural justice
69:octagon: a figure with eight sides
79:omnipotent: one who is all powerful
80:opaque:through which light cannot pass
81:orthodox: a person who believes in old and accepted views
82:Oasis:a fertile place in desert
83:panacea:a supposed remedy for every disease or problem
84:plebiscite: vote of people as to choice of sovereignty
85:pseudonym: a fictitious name assumed by an author or poet
86:prologue: a speech at the start of some play
87:proletariat: wage earning class
89:quak: one who dishonestly claim to have knowledge and skill esp medicine
90:quixotic:trying to do the impossible
91: quorum: the number of persons who should be present in meeting
92:quadraped: an animal with four legs
93:quarantine:confinement to one place to prevent spread of infection
94:rapport : a good relation ship between two people
95:red tapism: too much official formality that creates hindrance
96:reinforce:strengthen by additional force of material
97:renegade:one who deserts his principles, country or party
98:ringleader:trouble maker one who urges other to do the wrong
99: sceptic: a person having doubts about religion or other
100:stoic:one who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
101:surreal:resembling a dream
102:sycophant: one who excessively flatters those in authority
103:soliloquy:a speech made to oneself
104:tenant: person who pays rent for building
105:turncoat: one who easily changes his party or principles
106:theocracy:government by priests
107:taboo:an act which religion or custom regards as forbidden
108:thesaurus:lexicon, esp , a collection of words
109:unanimous:all of one mind
110:utilitarian:one who looks at positive aspects of things
111:utopia: an ideal and imaginary state
112:ultimatum:a threat to break off talks
113:undertake:a trade man who manages funerals
114:vagabond:having no home
115:verbatim: word for word, or in exact word
116:verbose:a style full of words
117:vulnerable:liable to attack or injury
118:Veteran:one who is well experienced
119:wholesome:that which is good for one’s health
120:wanton: recklessly inconsiderate
121:widow: a woman whose husband is dead
122: widower: a whose wife is dead
123:winnow: to separate the husk from grain
124:xenomanic :a person having excessive attachment to foreign living
125:xenophobia: fear of strangers
126:zenith: the point of sky directly over our head
127:Zionist: the few that believe that Palestine is for jewes only
128:zoology: science of animals
129:zoo: a place where birds , animals ,beasts are kept for show
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