Match up Exercise June 4

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	Attired in an Ermenegildo Zegna suit, red Brioni tie and Bally shoes, Reddy is the picture of sartorial perfection	1	A restraint, limit, or restriction.
B	The gut feeling, naturally, is that such strictures will do nothing to shrink obesity rates in the long run.	2	fashionable; smart
C	The result would be burgeoning waste - smaller cups and bottles, but many more of them - rather than diminishing waistlines.	3	A long narrow opening; a crack or cleft.
D	In 1972, Reddy started a practice out of the small HM Hospital and soon had a quiver-full of repeat patients, many from Chennai's swish set.	4	of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
E	Congress, however, lapped up the chance to comment on the fissures within its rival party.	5	To begin to grow or blossom.
F	The mayor of New York wants to ban sugary drinks being served in jumbo-size receptacles in restaurants, cinema halls and stadiums, in the naive hope that consumers will then quaff less.	6	Involving or resulting in substantial, often ruinous medical expense
G	Catastrophic illness in the family is the number one reason for rural indebtedness.	7	to drink or swallow hurriedly or greedily
H	Attired in an Ermenegildo Zegna suit, red Brioni tie and Bally shoes, Reddy is the picture of sartorial perfection	8	Being devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
I	Patients pay with their lives and with their hard-earned savings for medical callousness.	9	Dressed, clothed