Question

In Units 1 and 2 you learnt and practised the skill of deducing the meanings of new words by using other words in the given context. Now use that skill to deduce the meanings of words in the article you have read. Here is an example. 

(a) They are solitary creatures with the exception of the mothers and calves and breeding pairs, although they sometimes congregate at bathing places. 

Deduce the meanings of the following words from the passage you have just read, using other words in the context to help you. Copy and complete the following : 

Word	Words/clues that helped me	what I think the word means	what the dictionary says	were you (✓) (tick mark) or (x)
confined
ranged
overlapping
bobbing
olfactory
aggregation
plummeting
mortality
vulnerable
poached

Answer 1

Word	Words/clues that helped me	what I think the word means	what the dictionary says	were you (✓) (tick mark) or (x)
confined	To tall grasslands and forests in the foothills of Himalayas	Found only in the given area	Limited or restricted	✓
ranged	Throughout the entire stretch	Found in the given area	the region over which a popu­lation or species is distributed.	✓
overlapping	None	To cover the next part	to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.	X
bobbing	Waving or bobbing heads	Shaking heads	a short, jerky motion	/
olfactory	None	Related to	of or pertaining to the	X
aggregation	Often greets each other	Living with each other	a group of organisms of the same or different species living closely together but less integrated than a society.	✓
plummeting	Population had fallen to	Declining	To decline suddenly and steeply	✓
mortality	None	Death	the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population; death rate.	X
vulnerable	Unguarded calves	Can be killed easily	open to assault; difficult to defend	✓
poached	None	Killed or caught	to trespass, esp. on another’s game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.	X