Match up Exercise May 25, 2012

Read the sentences carefully and then through contextual analysis match the usage of the highlighted word with its meaning.

	Usage of highlighted word		Meaning
A	The capitalists filch subsidised grain and sugar from the public distribution system and sell it in the open market.	1	Add impurities
B	They wallow in tax evasion and black money.	2	Steal
C	Businessmen may adulterate their products, but don't politicians constantly adulterate their supposed policies and principles?	3	Discouraging through fear
D	In March, I accepted a daunting assignment: to lecture college students in Pune on The Morality of Capitalism.	4	Delight greatly in
E	Uncertainty, which is anathema for global markets, is in this case a severe understatement.	5	The ability to recover quickly
F	In the past week, we have had one head of the finance minister's group, Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, openly lambasting his peers for "threatening Greece" on a daily basis,	6	a detested person or thing
G	However, the more optimistic outlook seems more due to the much improved external economic environment from last year, and not because of inherent resilience.	7	to beat or scold severely