Glossary princely – very large jet lag – a tired and unpleasant feeling a person experiences, following a long flight through different time zones appetite – hunger lauded – appreciated conviction – firm faith or belief sate – satisfy palate – sense of taste felicitation – congratulatory (event) adulation – appreciation etched – imprinted haul – taking a collection speculation – guess . Antonym Now, find and write the antonyms for the words in Box A from the set of words in Box B A amateur compulsory traditional expensive hopeful accepted B professional leader eccentric respective elusive cheap unnecessary supportive ancillary hateful desperate trivial modern fanciful repulsive fulfilled refused showered invaluable novice optional complex antique determined . Based on your reading of the text, answer the following questions in two to three sentences each. a) How did Mary Kom manage to get financial support for her trip to the USA?
b) Why did Mary Kom think that she should not return empty-handed? c) What was her first impression of America? d) Why did she call herself ‘lucky’? e) According to Mary Kom, what was the reason for her losing in the finals?
f) What made her feel confident about the competitive players? Explain. g) What difficulty did she experience while eating Chinese food? h) How was she felicitated on her return to India?
i) What did she consider her greatest achievement? Why? -A-Prose-THE QUEEN OF - - :