Tamilnadu State Board Class 10 English Vocabulary Synonyms
A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase is called synonym.
♦ Synonym Unit – 1 His First Flight
Choose the most appropriate synonyms of the underlined words.
1. The young seagull was (i) alone on his (ii) ledge. He had been (iii) afraid to fly with them. Somehow, when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings, he became afraid. The great (iv) expanse of sea stretched down (v) beneath, and it was such a long way down – miles down.
(i) (a) accompanied (b) unaccompanied (c) prevalent (d) together
Answer:
(b) unaccompanied
(ii) (a) trench (b) cavity (c) narrow shelf (d) dent
Answer:
(c) narrow shelf
(iii) (a) bold (b) valiant (c) confident (d) frightened
Answer:
(d) frightened
(iv) (a) limitation (b) area (c) height (d) extreme
Answer:
(b) area
(v) (a) lofty (b) above (c) below (d) higher
Answer:
(c) below
2. The sun was now (i) ascending the sky, (ii) blazing warmly on his ledge that faced the south. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the (iii) previous nightfall. Then, he had found a (iv) dried piece of mackerel’s tail at the far end of his ledge. There was not a single (v) scrap of food left.
(i) (a) slumping (b) going down (c) rising (d) absconding
Answer:
(c) rising
(ii) (a) apathetic (b) burning brightly (c) freezing (d) impassive
Answer:
(b) burning brightly
(iii) (a) current (b) on time (c) preceding (d) well timed
Answer: (c) preceding
(iv) (a) parched (b) dampened (c) engulfed (d) moistened
Answer:
(a) parched
(v) (a) tiny bit (b) lot (c) load (d) harmony
Answer: (a) tiny bit
3. She (was standing on a little high (i) hump on the (ii) plateau, her white breast thrust forward. The sight of the food (iii) maddened 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. His mother cackled too, and looked at him.
(i) (a) mound (b) hollow (c) dent (d) depression
Answer:
(a) mound
(ii) (a) valley (b) plains (c) precipice (d) mountain
Answer:
(b) plains
(iii) (a) pleased (b) pacified (c) enraged (d) calmed
Answer:
(c) enraged
(iv) (a) dampen (b)sharpen (c) dull (d) blunt
Answer:
(b) sharpen
(v) (a) sob (b) bark (c) moan (d) cluck
Answer:
(d) cluck
4. He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He was not falling (i) headlong now. He was soaring (ii) gradually, downwards and outwards. He was no longer (iii) afraid. He just felt a bit (iv) dizzy. Then, he flapped his wings once and he (v) soared upwards.
(i) (a) cautiously (b) attentively (c) carefully (d) recklessly
Answer:
(d) recklessly
(ii) (a) slowly (b) suddenly (c) abruptly (d) immediately
Answer:
(a) slowly
(iii) (a) calm (b) fearful (c) composed (d) valiant
Answer:
(b) fearful
(iv) (a) stable (b) clever (c) giddy (d) sensible
Answer:
(c) giddy
(v) (a) descended (b) slumped (c) lowered (d) flew
Answer:
(d) flew
♦ Synonym Unit – 2 The Night the Ghost Got in
The (i) slamming of the doors had (ii) aroused mother: she (iii) peered out of her room. ‘What on earth are you boys doing?’ she (iv) demanded. Herman ventured out of his room. ‘Nothing,’ he said, (v) gruffly, but he was, in colour, a light green. ‘What was all that running around downstairs?’ said mother.
(i) (a) opening (b) tapping (c) shutting noisily (d) flattering
Answer:
(c) shutting noisily
(ii) (a) awakened (b) put out (c) dissuaded (d) stopped
Answer:
(a) awakened
(iii) (a) disappeared (b) appeared (c) pursued (d) pulled
Answer:
(b) appeared
(iv) (a) directed (b) deputed (c) asked (d) replied
Answer:
(c) asked
(v) (a) happily (b) kindly (c) softly (d) harshly
Answer:
(d) harshly
2. Since the phone was downstairs, mother made one of her (i) quick, incomparable decisions. She (ii) flung up a window of her bedroom which faced the bedroom windows of the house of a neighbour, picked up a shoe, and (iii) whammed it through a pane of glass across the (iv) narrow space that (v) separated the two houses.
(i) (a) idle (b) fast (c) clumsy (d) sluggish
Answer:
(b) fast
(ii) (a) threw (b) caught (c) faced (d) followed
Answer:
(a) threw
(iii) (a) lost (b) pulled (c) struck forcefully (d) tapped
Answer:
(c) struck forcefully
(iv) (a) wide (b) large (c) tolerant (d) small width
Answer:
(d) small width
(v) (a) secured (b) divided (c) shared (d) sheltered
Answer:
(b) divided
3. Flashlights shot (i) streaks of (ii) gleam up and down the walls, across the yard, down the walk between our house and Bodwell’s. ‘Open up!’ cried a (iii) hoarse voice. ‘We’re men from Headquarters!’ I wanted to go down and (iv) let them in, since there they were, but mother wouldn’t (v) hear of it.
(i) (a) scales (b) shades (c) rays (d) signals
Answer:
(c) rays
(ii) (a) depression (b) brightness (c) dullness (d) obscurity
Answer:
(b) brightness
(iii) (a) moderate (b) gentle (c) rough (d) soft
Answer:
(c) rough
(iv) (a) hold (b) forbid (c) hinder (d) allow
Answer:
(d) allow
(v) (a) shun (b) listen (c) ignore (d) overstep
Answer:
(b) listen
4. Downstairs, we could hear the (i) tromping of the other police. Police were all over the place; doors were (ii) yanked open, drawers were yanked open, windows were shot up and pulled down, furniture fell with (iii) dull tKumps. A half-dozen policemen (iv) emerged out of the darkness of the front hallway upstairs. They began to (v) ransack the floor.
(i) (a) walking heavily (b) limping (c) staggering (d) stumbling
Answer:
(a) walking heavily
(ii) (a) whisked (b) pulled (c) left (d) hastened
Answer:
(b) pulled
(iii) (a) exciting (b) lively (c) not sharp (d) energetic
Answer:
(c) not sharp
(iv) (a) appeared (b) dissipated (c) receded (d) faded
Answer:
(a) appeared
(v) (a) clean (b) sort out (c) search thoroughly (d) mend
Answer:
(c) search thoroughly
♦ Synonym Unit – 3 Empowered Women Navigating The World
1. Women (i) occupy almost all the maj or positions in society, (ii) Currently, women’s (iii) accomplishments are (iv) tremendous in many fields. One such achievement is the All-women Indian Navy crew who (v) circumnavigated the world for 254 days all alone, in a sailboat called INSV Tarini.
(i) (a) hold (b) provide (c) change (d) commute
Answer:
(a) hold
(ii) (a) once (b) historically (c) at present (d) beforehand
Answer:
(c) at present
(iii) (a) failures (b) attempts (c) defeats (d) achievements
Answer:
(d) achievements
(v) (a) enormous (b) awful (c) feeble (d) marginal
Answer:
(a) enormous
(v) (a) elude around (b) travel around (c) chase around (d) immobilise
Answer:
(b) travel around
2. INSV (i) stands for Indian Naval Ship Vessel. Tara-Tarini is the (ii) patron-deity for sailors and is (iii) worshipped for (iv) safety and success at sea. INSV Tarini is the second sailboat of the Indian Navy. It is a 55 foot sailing vessel built (v) indigenously in India by M/s Aquarius Shipyard Pvt. Ltd, located in Goa.
(i) (a) yields (b) rests (c) spins (d) denotes
Answer:
(d) denotes
(ii) (a) captain (b) protector (c) witch (d) assailant
Answer:
(b) protector
(iii) (a) despised (b) disdained (c) adored (d) dishonoured
Answer:
(c) adored
(iv) (a) hazard (b) risk (c) threat (d) protection
Answer:
(d) protection
(v) (a) domestically (b) globally (c) foreignly (d) spuriously
Answer:
(a) domestically
3. The special (i) feature of this sailboat is that it (ii) encouraged use of environment friendly non-ccmventional (iii) renewable energy resources such as the wind; collected and updated meteorological, ocean and wave data on regular basis for (iv) accurate weather forecast by India Meteorological Department and also collected data for (v) monitoring marine pollution on high seas.
(i) (a) quite (b) aspect (c) shabby (d) blunder
Answer:
(b) aspect
(ii) (a) scared (b) deterred (c) supported (d) dejected
Answer:
(c) supported
(iii) (a) frail (b) appalling (c) perishable (d) inexhaustible
Answer:
(d) inexhaustible
(iv) (a) vague (b) exact (c) deceptive (d) flawed
Answer:
(b) exact
(v) (a) controlling (b) promoting (c) ignoring (d) neglecting
Answer:
(a) controlling
4. I wanted to make sure that I complete this journey with (i) ultimate honesty. I didn’t set out for a destination; it was the journey that (ii) mattered to me the most. So my (iii) contention was to make sure that we go by the rules of circumnavigation which say that you don’t have to use any (iv) auxiliary means of (v) repulsion.
(i) (a) least (b) best (c) worst (d) inferior
Answer:
(b) best
(ii) (a) excluded (b) abstracted (c) exchanged (d) concerned
Answer:
(d) concerned
(iii) (a) affection (b) serenity (c) strenuous effort (d) patience
Answer:
(c) strenuous effort
(iv) (a) important (b) additional (c) chief (d) superior
Answer:
(b) additional
(v) (a) hatred (b) attraction (c) delight (d) sympathy
Answer:
(a) hatred
♦ Synonym Unit – 4 The Attic
We were driving along (i) National (ii) Highway 40. We had reached a point where the road (iii) bifurcated. If we drove ten kilometres along the road that (iv) branched off to the right, we would reach Bramhapur. I asked Aditya whether he was interested in (v) revisiting the place of his birth.
(i) (a) rural (b) state (c) local (d) international
Answer:
(b) state
(ii) (a) bypass (b) back road (c) alleyway (d) main road
Answer:
(d) main road
(iii) (a) divided into two (b) linked (c) connected (d) joined
Answer:
(a) divided into two
(iv) (a) converged (b) out spread (c) united (d) decorated
Answer:
(b) out spread
(v) (a) going over (b) leaving (c) abandoning (d) avoiding
Answer:
(a) going over
2. Trying to (i) revive old childhood (ii) memories may prove (iii) disappointing, but he said he wished to visit the tea shop of Nagen uncle, if it still (iv) existed. We drove to Bramhapur of which Aditya’s (v) ancestors were once the Zamindars.
(i) (a) win (b) bring back (c) weaken (d) destroy
Answer:
(b) bring back
(ii) (a) forgetfulness (b) ignorance (c) amnesia (d) remembrances
Answer:
(d) remembrances
(iii) (a) encouraging (b) pleasing (c) disheartening (d) agreeable
Answer:
(c) disheartening
(iv) (a) ceased (b) left (c) survived (d) discontinued
Answer:
(c) survived
(v) (a) descendant (b) forerunner (c) children (d) people
Answer:
(b) forerunner
3. The (i) attic has always been a favourite with children. A portion of the wall of the attic (ii) crumbled down and through the window that had been (iii) created, we could see the sky, the fields, the (iv) spire of the old temple. The floor was (v) strewn with twigs and straw.
(i) (a) bottom (b) underground (c) loft (d) platform
Answer:
(c) loft
(ii) (a) built (b) improved (c) developed (d) crushed
Answer:
(d) crushed
(iii) (a) developed (b) demolished (c) denied (d) refused
Answer:
(a) developed
(iv) (a) base (b) low (c) top (d) ground
Answer:
(c) top
(v) (a) exposed (b) spattered (c) passed over (d) emptied
Answer:
(b) spattered
4. The (i) spoilt child of (ii) affluent parents. He was a (iii) fairly good student, but could never beat me. He was (iv) extremely (v) jealous of me. And used to tell lies.
(i) (a) enhanced (b) praised (c) ruined (d) protected
Answer:
(c) ruined
(ii) (a) wealthy (b) empty (c) conservative (d) poor
Answer:
(a) wealthy
(iii) (a) ugly (b) some extent (c) good (d) extraordinary
Answer:
(b) some extent
(iv) (a) highly (b) hardly (c) credibly (d) partly
Answer:
(a) highly
(v) (a) content (b) unworried (c) envious (d) satisfied
Answer:
(c) envious
♦ Synonym Unit – 5 Tech Bloomers
Anything which is below a (i) pre-defined limit or below certain (ii) threshold, can be self-ordered by the (iii) appliance. Your refrigerator can directly link to the ecommerce site and order for milk if it is about to be (iv) exhausted. Consumable products such as ink (v) cartridges may be capable of self-ordering replacements.
(i) (a) told already (b) portico (c) stated clearly (d) judged in advance
Answer:
(b) defined in advance
(ii) (a) verandah (b) package (c) approach (d) degree
Answer:
(c) approach
(iii) (a) vehicle (b) very active (c) computer (d) machine
Answer:
(d) machine
(iv) (a) very tired (b) containers (c) very vigorous (d) very strong
Answer:
(a) very tired
(v) (a) packets (b) defined in advance (c) bottles (d) glasses
Answer:
(b) containers
2. Technology can help us make friends, (i) communicate and control our (ii) environment like turning the lights on and out. It can help us study, get (iii) qualifications and find opportunities for work. It can make us (iv) confident and (v) independent.
(i) (a) speak (b) conceal (c) ignore (d) suppress
Answer:
(a) Speak
(ii) (a) country (b) surrounding (c) forefront (d) locality
Answer:
(b) surrounding
(iii) (a) commencement (b) unfulfilment (c) disagreement (d) accomplishment
Answer:
(d) accomplishments
(iv) (a) doubtful (b) bashful (c) hopeful (d) fearful
Answer:
(c) hopeful
(v) (a) self-respect (b) self-reliant (c) self-devoted (d) self-defence
Answer:
(b) self-reliant
3. David will now use his EC02 to speak in complete sentences with correct (i) syntax It has increased the number of words he uses meaningfully and (ii) comment (iii) socially using the language of his (iv) peers, thereby becoming a confident and (v) competent communicator.
(i) (a) diagram (b) structure (c) disorder (d) system
Answer:
(b) structure
(ii) (a) neglect (b) avoid (c) ignore (d) remark
Answer:
(d) remark
(iii) (a) publicly (b) privately (c) unpleasantly (d) unfriendly
Answer:
(a) publicly
(iv) (a) opponents (b) superior (c) counterparts (d) inferior
Answer:
(c) counterparts
(v) (a) thoughtful (b) skilful (c) rightful (d) careful
Answer:
(b) skilful
♦ Synonym Unit – 6 The Last Lesson
1. Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the (i) blacksmith Wachter, who was there,with his (ii) apprentice reading the (iii) bulletin. Usually, when school began, there was a great (iv) bustle the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in (v) unison.
(i) (a) person who deals with iron (b) deals with gold (c) deals with silver (d) deals with steel
Answer:
(a) person who deals with iron
(ii) (a) employer (b) trainer (c) trainee (d) coach
Answer:
(c) trainee
(iii) (a) train (b) board (c) official statement (d) message
Answer:
(c) official statement
(iv) (a) slow (b) busy movement (c)lazy (d)free
Answer:
(b) busy movement
(v) (a) together (b) combined (c) individual (d) separate
Answer:
(a) together
2. The teacher s great (i) ruler was (ii) rapping on the on the table. But now it was all so (iii) still. I had (iv) counted (v) commotion to get to my desk.
(i) (a) king (b) scale (c) chip (d) role
Answer:
(b) scale
(ii) (a) tapping (b) biting (c) hanging (d) pulling
Answer:
(a) tapping
(iii) (a) even though (b) calm (c) loud (d) noisy
Answer:
(b) calm
(iv) (a) take advantage (c) noticed (b) followed (d) waited
Answer:
(a) taken advantage
(v) (a) clear (b) loud (c) near (d) confusion
Answer:
(d) confusion
3. It was the most beautiful language in the world – the clearest, the most (i) logical, that we must guard it among us and never forget it, because when a people are (ii) enslaved as long as they (iii) hold fast to their language. Then he read us our lesson. I was (iv) amazed to see how well I understood it. I had never listened so (v) carefully.
(i) (a) reasoning (b)loud (c) moving (d) understanding
Answer:
(a) reasoning
(ii) (a) left (b) freed (c) captured (d)saved
Answer:
(c) captured
(iii) (a) catch (b) stick to (c)take (d) carry
Answer:
(b) stick to
(iv) (a) bored (b) explained (c) surprised (d) expected
Answer:
(c) surprised
(v) (a) brutally (b) recklessly (c) attentively (d) grimly
Answer:
(c) attentively
4. M. Hamel sitting (i) motionless in his chair and (ii) gazing first at one thing, then at another, as if he wanted to (iii) fix in his mind just how everything looked in that little school-room (iv) fancy For forty years he had been there in the same place. Only the desks and benches had been (v) worn smooth.
(i) (a) careless (b) still (c) hopeless (d) fearless
Answer:
(b) still
(ii) (a) waiting (b) guarding (c) staring (d) grazing
Answer:
(c)staring
(iii) (a) ignore (b) set (c) disturb (d) alter
Answer:
(b) set
(iv) (a) dream (b) reality (c) fact (d) dislike
Answer:
(a) dream
(v) (a) tattered (b) pristine (c) new (d) costly
Answer:
(a) tattered
♦ Synonym Unit – 7 The Dying Detective
1. In the dim light of a (i) foggy November day, the sick-room was a (ii) gloomy spot, but it was the (iii) gaunt face staring form the bed that brought (iv) chill to my heart. His eyes had the brightness of fever, his cheeks were (v) flushed.
(i) (a) bright (b) light (c) clear (d) musty
Answer:
(d) musty
(ii) (a) happy (b) peace (c) noisy (d) sad
Answer:
(d) sad
(iii) (a) exhausted and thin (b) fresh (c) flourishing (d) best
Answer:
(a) exhausted and thin
(iv) (a) cold (b) fear (c) boldness (d) happiness
Answer:
(b) fear
(v) (a) pale (b) clear (c) reddened (d) bright
Answer:
(c) reddened
2. “It is the disease from Sumatra. It is (i) deadly and (ii) contagious, Watson – that’s it, by touch.” “Good heavens, Holmes! Do you think this can stop me?” I said (iii) advancing towards him. My feelings as a doctor were (iv) aroused. I said, “you are not yourself whether you like it or not. I will examine your (v) symptoms.
(i) (a) dead (b) fatal (c) live (d) great
Answer:
(b) fatal
(ii) (a) harmless (b) painful (c) curable (d) spreads
Answer:
(d) spreads
(iii) (a) background (b) against (c) move forward (d) still
Answer:
(c) move forward
(iv) (a) lazy (b) sleep (c) awakened (d) lethargy
Answer:
(c) awakened
(v) (a) signs (b) emblem (c) gesture (d) voice
Answer:
(a) signs
3. (i) Finally I came to the (ii) mantel piece, where among other things I saw a small black and white ivory box with sliding lid. As I held it in my hand to (iii) examine it, I heard a dreadful cry. “Put it down! Down at once, Watson,” he said, “I hate to have my things touched. Sit down man, and let me have my rest!” Then I sat in silent (iv) dejection until the (v) stipulated time had passed.
(i) (a) beginning (b) firstly . (c) early (d) at last
Answer:
(d) at last
(ii) (a) wooden structure (b) cloak (c) cloth (d) clock
Answer:
(a) wooden structure
(iii) (a) observe deeply (b) exams (c) test (d) finalise
Answer:
(a) observe deeply
(iv) (a) success (b) happy (c) confident (d) sad
Answer:
(d) sad
(v) (a) exceed (b) given (c) border (d) boundless
Answer:
(b) given
4. I was (i) hesitant to leave him now. He was (ii) delirious. He said, “He is the man i who has the knowledge of this disease. I hope you will be able to (iii) persuade him to come. You must tell him that I’m dying (iv) plead with him, Watson. “I’ll bring him in a (v) cab,” I said.
(i) (a) ready (b) allow (c) doubtful (d) hasty
Answer:
(c) doubtful
(ii) (a) restlessness (b) calm (c) serene (d) short
Answer:
(a) restlessness
(iii) (a) lenient (b) soft (c) deliberate (d) force
Answer:
(d) force
(iv) (a) command (b) request (c) beg (d) order
Answer:
(c) beg
(v) (a) truck (b) van (c) taxi (d)lorry
Answer:
(c) taxi