Chapter 8

Question 1

Omnious

Answer 1

a foreshadowing of
the future, always describes the threatening, the menacing

Question 2

Portentous

Answer 2

a sign, a portent, of the threats of the future. A second meaning
laps over into the pretentiously weighty, the pompous. (Port—–tent—–bura omen)

Question 3

Inauspicious

Answer 3

negative forecast

Question 4

Imminent

Answer 4

adjective describes something about to occur

Question 5

Eminent/Eminence

Answer 5

people who “jut out” of the common mass, in short, the famous
or well-known. (eminem——-tez rap—–so sticks out of crowd)

Question 6

impending

Answer 6

something threatening or not. At
any rate, the near arrival of the event hangs over you

Question 7

Minatory

Answer 7

adjective always means “threatening.” (miniature——keede—–threatning)

Question 8

Persage

Answer 8

verb refers to a forewarning, an ominous feeling,
a prediction. (sage—–warning deta hai ——-bacha yeh hone waala hai)

Question 9

bode/Forebode

Answer 9

refers to an omen

Question 10

Propitiate

Answer 10

verb describes actions to appease or calm forces that might
oppose a favorable outcome. (Prop——-in pooja——god ko khush—-to please them taaki kuch bura na ho)

Question 11

Harbinger

Answer 11

This noun refers to a forerunner, an early warning
or messenger of what’s to come.