PROSE – 1 TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
1. Admit - allow
2. Artless - guileless/innocent
3. Barely - hardly / almost / scarcely
4. Brisk - swift / quick
5. Bundle - pack
6. Cautious - vigilant
7. Chatter - a series of quick sounds
8. Childish - innocent
9. Demeanour - appearance & behaviour
10. Deserted - vacated/uninhabited/lonely
11. Disapproval - denial
12. Elder - older
13. Emigrate - to take up the citizenship of another country
14. Engaging - attracting
15. Errands - odd jobs
16. Frequent - often
17. Gathered - collected
18. Hawked - sold
19. Humble - simple
20. Intrude - interfere / trespass
21. Nobility - dignity
22. Persuaded - induced
23. Resemblance - similar
24. Rubble - debris / broken bricks
25. Selfless - genuine
26. Seriously - sincerely
27. Shabby - untidy
28. Shrugged - raised the shoulder
29. Slackened - reduced
30. Starvation - appetite
31. Tender - kind
32. Tunic - loose garments
33. Vestibule - doorway/lobby
34. Vexation - annoyance
PROSE – 2 A NICE CUP OF TEA
1. Controversial - arguable / disputable
2. Curious - interesting
3. Dangling - hanging freely / drooping
4. Despised - hated
5. Devices - tools
6. Disputes - conflicts
7. Etiquette - good manners
8. Enormous - huge
9. Hob - stove
10. Impact - hit / shock
11. Liable - likely / responsible
12. Misguided - mistaken
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,13. Mysterious - incomprehensible / obscure
14. Optimistic - confident / hopeful / positive
15. Outstanding - excellent
16. Probably - very likely
17. Ration - allowance
18. Ruin - damage / destroy
19. Shallow - flat / empty
20. Sickly - poorly
21. Sketchy - limited
22. Stimulation - excitement
23. Stray - depart / wander / isolated
24. Subsidiary - supplementary
25. Subtilized - refined
26. Sufficient - enough
27. Vulgar - indecent
PROSE – 3 IN CELEBRATION OF BEING ALIVE
1. Agony - pain
2. Amputated - cutoff
3. Appreciate - compliment
4. Career - profession
5. Commandeered - hijacked
6. Confidence - trust
7. Cripple - disabled
8. Consideration - careful thought
9. Disfigured - marred / spoiled
10. Ennobles - honours
11. Fate - destiny
12. Finale - climax
13. Flapped - hanged
14. Gripped - grasped
15. Healed - recovered
16. Horror - frightened
17. Interprid - fearless / bold and daring
18. Malignant - harmful / spiteful
19. Perforated - punctured
20. Prevalent - common
21. Profound - very great / deep
22. Recovery - healing / healthy
23. Severe - harsh / serious
24. Scattered - spread
25. Solace - comfort
26. Sophisticated - modern / new
PROSE – 4 THE SUMMIT
1. Below - beneath / under
2. Cautiously - carefully
3. Chipped - scratched
4. Crawled - creeped
5. Crazy - unbalanced
6. Cromponed - climbed
7. Deftly - skilfully
8. Delight - pleasure / happiness
9. Devout - dedicated / religious
10. Donned - put on
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,11. Dragged - pulled
12. Determination - perseverance
13. Enormous - huge / immense / gigantic
14. Grin - to smile widely
15. Exhausted - stopped / very tired / weakened
16. Fierce - intense
17. Hoisted - raised / lifted
18. Levered - lifted
19. Loomed - appeared
20. Lofty - high
21. Perpetual - never ending
22. Persisted - continued
23. Regaining - attaining / achieveing
24. Scraped - raked
25. Sparingly - economically
26. Spurred - aroused
27. Stance - posture
28. Steep - sharp
29. Summit - peak
30. Tantalize - tease / taunt / tarment
31. Tiny - small
32. Trail - track
33. Traverse - cross
34. Unexplored - uncharted
35. Wriggled - crawled
36. Zest - enthusiasm
PROSE – 5 THE CHAIR
1. Anticipation - contemplation
2. Arrival - journey
3. Banter - chitchat / gossip / repartee
4. Bereavement - grief / mourn
5. Bitter - unpleasant
6. Burnish - luster
7. Care - bother
8. Chide - scold
9. Churn - simmer
10. Doted - admired
11. Deceased - expired
12. Eminent - popular
13. Exasperated - annoyed
14. Expounded - explained
15. Fortuitously - luckily
16. Funeral - interment / burial
17. Gait - pace
18. Impudent - disrespectful
19. Languorously - lethargically
20. Paraphernalia - things
21. Portly - stocky
22. Predict - foretell
23. Rejected - declined / refused
24. Reverence - respect
25. Seasoned - garnished
26. Splendour - pomp / magnificent
27. Spluttered - cackled
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, 28. Stingiest - miserly / thriftly
29. Sturdy - strong
30. Subsided - diminished
31. Unequivocally - unmistakably / clearly
32. Unmatched - incomparable
33. Vital - important
34. Whispered - murmured
PROSE – 6 ON THE RULE OF THE ROAD
1. Anarchy - lawlessness
2. Accommodate - fit in with
3. Chaos - confusion
4. Confusion - mess / disorder
5. Consideration - scrutiny
6. Contract - commitment
7. Conventional - normal / traditional
8. Fancy - desire
9. Heroism - courage / fearlessness
10. Imperfections - faults
11. Indifferent - unconcerned / unsympathetic
12. Inquire - ask
13. Insolence - rudeness
14. Liberty - freedom
15. Maelstrom - disorder / turbulence
16. Outraged - annoyed
17. Perils - risks
18. Personal - private
19. Preserved - conserved
20. Pedestrians - hiker
21. Pulled up - stopped
22. Reality - truth
23. Ridiculous - absurd / foolish / comical
24. Stout - fat
25. Tyranny - autocracy
CHOOSE THE CORRECT SYNONYM
1. Mysterious : (a) comprehensible (b) incomprehensible (c) understandable (d) eligible .
2. Tantalize : (a) tease (b) Taunt (c) cease (d) none of these .
3. Accommodate : (a) hamper (b)hinder (c) fit in with (d) foolish .
4. Perforated : (a) fragile (b) congested (c) swollen (d) punctured .
5. Artless : (a) Selfless (b) artistic (c) guileless (d) foolish .
6. Anarchy : (a) lawlessness (b) order (c) control (d) lawfulness
7. Vexation : (a) enjoyment (b) annoyance (c) comfort (d) convenience .
8. Amputated: (a) fixed (b) cut off (c) mended (d) regulated .
9. Paraphernalia: (a) flowers (b) things (c) cookie (d) numbers
10. Hawked: (a) bought (b) purchased (c) sold (d) hired .
11. Liable: (a) unlikely (b) likely (c) eager (d) certain.
12. Tiny : (a) big (b) large (c) small (d) heavy .
13. Admit: (a) refuse (b) hide (c) return (d) allow .
14. Ridiculous: (a) laughing (b) creeping (c) comical (d) jolly .
15. Frequent: (a) rare (b) often (c) sometimes (d) sudden .
16. Chaos : (a)mystery (b) destruction (c) confusion (d) harmony .
17. Malignant: (a) cross (b) leap (c) stay (d) back up .
18. Bereavement : (a) rejoice (b) celebration (c) grief (d) war
19. Agony : (a) fun (b) suffering (c) joy (d) pleasure .
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