Match up Exercise June 9, 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	AMONG the many things that have proliferated in the economic boom of the brash new India is conflict of interest.	1	in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
B	Maybe Thimmamma Marrimanu also started its life like that, as a tiny sprout that eventually became a massive arboreal fantasy.	2	Hate coupled with disgust
C	While the majority of policemen do their duty conscientiously, a few “rotten apples” bring odium to the whole profession.	3	The state of being everywhere at once
D	In the rest of the country also police forces have been berated for their biases and an inability to rein in their personnel against misbehavior with the minorities.	4	Of or relating to or formed by trees
E	While the majority of policemen do their duty conscientiously, a few “rotten apples” bring odium to the whole profession.	5	Multiplied, grew rapidly
F	And most of all, we need much more public outrage at the prevalence of conflicts of interest, away from the currently somnolent or cynical acceptance of their ubiquity.	6	level of responsibility or authority in a hierarchy; a rank
G	And most of all, we need much more public outrage at the prevalence of conflicts of interest, away from the currently somnolent or cynical acceptance of their ubiquity.	7	Conducted with or marked by hidden or secret aims or methods
H	Many studies reveal that both these areas of law enforcement demand the critical personal care of the higher echelons of police bureaucracy, and any neglect could seriously dent police image.	8	Sleepy, Drowsy
I	The NYPD top brass had maltreated Schoolcroft once it was found that for two years he had clandestinely recorded all that was happening.	9	Scolded heavily