Match up Exercise June 12, 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	When a rating agency like S&P that paved the way to the financial crisis of 2008 with its glowing triple-A rating of worthless financial products starts wagging its finger at a country like India, it is easy to wax derisive.	1	considering only a narrow point of view
B	When a rating agency like S&P that paved the way to the financial crisis of 2008 with its glowing triple-A rating of worthless financial products starts wagging its finger at a country like India, it is easy to wax derisive.	2	Lethargy, sluggishness
C	Open-ended subsidies on fuel and fertiliser lower the level of investment in the country, so does lassitude in clearing projects.	3	Moving from side to side
D	Respond to the CAG's blinkered zealotry with firmness and reason, chalking out the social and economic cost of doing what the CAG implicitly urges.	4	To speak or write evasively
E	Do not waffle when confronting unreasonable agitators, whether from Team Anna or from Air India.	5	Mocking, scornful
F	Respond to the CAG's blinkered zealotry with firmness and reason, chalking out the social and economic cost of doing what the CAG implicitly urges.	6	attempting to equal or surpass, imitating
G	Countries with social and economic problems could consider emulating this Japanese preference for pets over offspring given these advantages.	7	extreme or excessive zeal or devotion
H	With birth rates plummeting and incomes and individualism rising there in the last few decades, reaching such a pass was inevitable.	8	treat with excessive care, pampered
I	Pampering pets is a $10-billion industry in Japan and many luxury brands have developed extensive ranges for these cosseted quadrupeds of well-heeled 'parents'.	9	A four-footed animal.
J	Pampering pets is a $10-billion industry in Japan and many luxury brands have developed extensive ranges for these cosseted quadrupeds of well-heeled 'parents'.	10	dropping sharply