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Write antonyms of the words from the given extract. The Scent of Rice The first year I was late for the rice-sowing season and had to resort to growing the GR4variety that was short term and recommended by the agricultural officers at Kosbad. The nextyear we decided that we would start early and try to find some good traditional variety of rice togrow. We had read about traditional varieties of rice and knew that they did not require very highinputs of fertilizers. These varieties were also quite strong and resisted pests. We were sure thatit was this type of rice that would grow well in our farm where we did not use any chemicals atall. Our previous year’s experience and low yield had taught us a lesson and we were sure wewould not plant hybrids this year.In April 2005, we started to look for a good variety of traditional rice. It was one of ourneighbours in the village, a businessman from Mumbai who owned land, who suggested that weplant a local scented variety of rice. Most of the farmers in and around the village of Pethhadswitched over to hybrids. The younger generation of farmers thought I was crazy to ask forthe ‘desi’ variety, as they called it. My regular visits to the villages around searching for a goodtraditional variety also did not yield any results and we were almost giving up hope.I decided togive it one last try and spoke toBaban’s father and some other elders. After many meaningfulconversations, they mentioned the name of Kasbai.Kasbai is a traditional long-grained rice variety which has a distinct aroma, though muchmilder than Basmati. It’s a long-duration crop and most of the older people remembered growingit years ago. But they all shook their heads when I asked them about the seeds and told me thatit had ‘disappeared’. 1) Appear. 2) wise. 3) late. 4) modern |
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Answer» Answer: 1) APPEAR is the Antyoym of DISAPPEARED |
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