(ii) (a) slowly (b) suddenly (c) abruptly (d) immediately (i) (a) cautiously (b) attentively (c) carefully (d) recklessly

Then, he flapped his wings once and he (v) soared upwards. He was soaring (ii) gradually, downwards and outwards. He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the air. (iv) (a) dampen (b)sharpen (c) dull (d) bluntĤ. (iii) (a) pleased (b) pacified (c) enraged (d) calmed (ii) (a) valley (b) plains (c) precipice (d) mountain (i) (a) mound (b) hollow (c) dent (d) depression His mother cackled too, and looked at him. How he loved to tear food that way, scraping his beak now and again to (iv) whet it! He uttered a low (v) cackle. The sight of the food (iii) maddened him. She (was standing on a little high (i) hump on the (ii) plateau, her white breast thrust forward. (v) (a) tiny bit (b) lot (c) load (d) harmonyģ. (iv) (a) parched (b) dampened (c) engulfed (d) moistened (iii) (a) current (b) on time (c) preceding (d) well timed (ii) (a) apathetic (b) burning brightly (c) freezing (d) impassive (i) (a) slumping (b) going down (c) rising (d) absconding There was not a single (v) scrap of food left. Then, he had found a (iv) dried piece of mackerel’s tail at the far end of his ledge. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the (iii) previous nightfall. The sun was now (i) ascending the sky, (ii) blazing warmly on his ledge that faced the south. (v) (a) lofty (b) above (c) below (d) higherĢ. (iv) (a) limitation (b) area (c) height (d) extreme (iii) (a) bold (b) valiant (c) confident (d) frightened

(ii) (a) trench (b) cavity (c) narrow shelf (d) dent (i) (a) accompanied (b) unaccompanied (c) prevalent (d) together The great (iv) expanse of sea stretched down (v) beneath, and it was such a long way down – miles down. Somehow, when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings, he became afraid. He had been (iii) afraid to fly with them. The young seagull was (i) alone on his (ii) ledge. Tamilnadu State Board Class 10 English Vocabulary SynonymsĪ word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase is called synonym.Ĭhoose the most appropriate synonyms of the underlined words.ġ.

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