Synonyms(NB: words following * are antonyms)IV

1. refrain, desist, abstain, cease, renounce* persist
2. refrain, catchphrase, exhortation
3. crack- brained
4. snap, break, crack, shatter, sudden, impulsive
5. whirl, spin, twirl, reel, rotate, turn, swirl, swivel, spin
6. arc, curve, arch, semicircle, bow, bend
7. gleaming like diamonds( simile)
8. impossible sun ( transferred epithet: quality or condition felt by a person exposed to the son is associated with the sun rather than the person because we understand the world through the human point of view or subjectivity. Therefore, though the sun exists and thus is possible, it is still called ‘ impossible sun’ to suggest that it is intolerably hot to the human subject)
9. flying like dust( simile)
10. fizzing like soda water: use of simile( figure of speech)
11. canter, run, sprint, jog
12. gallop, dash, run, hurtle, fly, race
13. resemble, look alike, remind you of * differ
14. jog, run, trot, exercise
15. drifting, traveling, wandering, nomadic
16. drought, lack, dearth, deficiency, famine* abundance
17. draught
18. picking up speed
19. dreadful, terrible, shocking, awful, outrageous
20. fidget, twitch, toy, jiggle, fiddle
21. impotence, powerlessness, helplessness, weakness
22. stolid, emotionless, impassive, unresponsive, dull, insensitive, slow- witted
23. chew, masticate, gnaw, grind, chomp
24. flatly, completely, absolutely, point- blank
25. wretched, miserable, desolate, heartbroken, dejected
26. itch, irritate, tickle, prickle, scratch, tingle * soothe
27. imagination, mind’s eye, thoughts
28. Gilbert and Sullivan
29. gibberish, nonsense, rubbish, garbage, gabble, twaddle, claptrap
30. cautiously, carefully, watchfully, vigilantly, guardedly, with care * recklessly
31. fragments, wreckage, rubble, rubbish, flotsam and jetsam
32. gritty, grainy, coarse, rough, granular/ determined, resolute, courageous,
33. slippery, greasy, slick, oily
34. tickled, delighted, excited, pleased
35. caste, class, social group, standing, kind
36. constricted, thin, fine, slim, slender, slight, tapered, contracted
37. sleek, smooth, shiny, glossy
38. halt, stop, arrest, stop the progress of, bring to a stand still
39. taboo, forbidden, unmentionable, banned, prohibited, proscribed, outlawed, inviolable
40. Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri(Pg 277)is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by WS Gilbert. It was first produced in London at the Savoy Theatre in 1882. The Savoy theatre was the first theatre in the world to be wired for electricity.
41. Gilbert and Sullivan: In their Victorian era partnership composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist WS Gilbert (Gilbert gave the words and Sullivan the music) wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896.
42. frantically, anxiously, worriedly, hysterically, crazily
43. dry as a bone, scorched, parched, arid, seared, baked
44. shimmering, iridescent, sparkling, shining
45. haze, mist, fog, miasma, cloud, vapour, smog, murk
46. stumbling, hesitant, uncertain, tentative, faltering, awkward
47. apologetic, contrite, repentant, rueful
48. timbre, resonance, character, quality, tone, reverberation
49. gripped, absorbed, engrossed, rapt, enthralled, spellbound
50. rub, stroke, pat
51. delightfully, pleasantly, charmingly, agreeably
52. inscrutable, enigmatic, sphinx- like, unfathomable, hard to make out
53. slide-rule geniuses
54. work-thus-and-so
55. emphasis, accent, importance, stress
56. emphasize, highlight, stress, give emphasis on, accentuate, underline, call attention to
57. furrowed, wrinkled, crumpled, creased, wrinkly, uneven
58. doubtfully, uncertainly, hesitantly, distrustfully, apprehensively* confidently
59. burnished, glossy, gleaming, sparkly, glistening, reflective
60. gleam, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle, glint, glimmer, intermittent light
61. possessed, obsessed, crazed, overcome
62. insist, be adamant, be firm, persist, persevere
63. scribble, scrawl, doodle, draw, jot, squiggle, wavy line
64. smudge, blotch, smear, stain, mark, splotch, blur, distort
65. inseparable, indivisible, undividable, in each other’s pocket
66. admit, confess, come clean, make a clean breast, acknowledge, own up, disclose, divulge, declare
67. mystification, bewilderment, confusion, perplexity
68. satisfactory, adequate, agreeable, acceptable, suitable, fitting
69. intuition, instinct, perception, insight, sixth sense, hunch, feeling, inkling
70. intend, have it in mind, be determined, mean, be set to, plan
71. reasoning, logic, calculation, analysis, way of thinking, reckoning, interpretation
72. reckoning, calculation, estimate, sums
73. determination, grit, willpower, resolve, strength of mind
74. sympathy, compassion, kindness, consideration, pity, commiseration* incomprehension
75. empathy, understanding
76. in grooved, ridged, ribbed, wavy, uneven, corrugated
77. exhibit, show, display, reveal, demonstrate
78. curiosity, inquisitiveness, interest, nosiness, snooping, prying
79. existence, survival, continuation, life, subsistence, being, reality * extinction
80. flicker, glimmer, flash, waver, sputter, sparkle, shimmer, gutter, shine unsteadily
81. revealed, exposed, bare, open, discovered * concealed
82. observation, surveillance, scrutiny, inspection, examination/ remark
83. gleaming, shiny, polished, luminous, glossy, glinting, lustrous, glassy * dull
84. spotted, dotted, marked, speckled, dappled, mottled, stippled, covered, patterned
85. beam, ray, shaft of light, sunbeam, wide smile, big smile