MEANING OF WORD/ PHRASE/SENTENCES By Asmuni Gani

Ciri-ciri pertanyaan tentang makna kata Contoh: What does the underlined word mean? (apa arti kata yang digaris bawahi) What does the underlined phrase mean? What does the underlined sentence mean? The underlined word/phrase/ sentence means …. What is the opposite of ……   Bisa juga dalam suatu test yang ditanya adalah SINONYM ATAU ANTONYM dari suatu kata. Bila ini ditanyakan berarti kita harus berpikir dua kali. Pertama pikirkan apa arti suatu kata baru itu, lalu kita menyatakan sinonim atau antonimnya. What is the opposite of the underlined word? What is the synonym of the word “dark”? What is the antonym of the word “even”?

APA ARTI KATA “LOVE” BERIKUT INI? I love watching old movies on TV. Young children need unconditional love. Music was his greatest love but he also liked ballet. The score of the game was two love.

PENTING DIINGAT! Berdasarkan contoh tadi jelas bahwa satu kata bisa saja memiliki banyak arti. Karena itu orang perlu menentukan mana arti suatu kata yang tepat berdasarkan konteks kalimatnya.  Selain itu tidak selamanya kita dapat membawa dan membuka kamus untuk mengetahui suatu arti kata yang kita tidak mengerti. Cara yang paling baik untuk mengetahui arti kata yang tidak kita ketahui adalah dengan menebak arti kata-kata tersebut berdasarkan konteknya.

What does the underlined word in the following sentence mean What does the underlined word in the following sentence mean? How do you know? Some of the trees in Redwood National Park are truly gargantuan, and in fact they are the tallest trees in the world.

What about the meaning of misogynist in the sentences? How do you know? Many realized that Mr. Ashman was a misogynist soon after she started working as his assistant. It is difficult for a woman to work for a misogynist. She is never sure if his criticism is based on her work or on the fact that she is a woman. Mary knew that no woman would ever get a top- level job in a company run by a misogynist.

Now this one. How do you know? “Never admit persons with unsolicited deliveries”

What is the meaning of shrink in these sentences? I washed the T-shirt in cold water so it would not shrink. If you have enough spinach for dinner, you need to buy a lot. It shrinks to almost nothing when you cook it.

What about THE MEANING OF cogent in this sentence? Though the chairman’s answer to our question was cogent, Jane refused to accept it.   Even a convincing and valid answer would not persuade Jane change her mind where her emotions had become deeply involved.