Averse (Pronounced a-vers) — unwilling, feeling of dislike.

Synonyms — disinclined, unfavourable, reluctant.

Antonyms — like, willing, desirous

* My father is not averse to my opinion.

* Ritu is averse to hard work.

Paucity (Pronounced paw’sit-i) — insufficiency, scantiness.

Synonyms— inadequacy, scarcity.

Antonyms — plentiful, abundance.

* There was a paucity of teachers in the village.

* A paucity of evidence led to his imprisonment.

Sanguine (Pronounced sang’gwin — confident, hopeful.

Synonyms — optimistic, ardent, enthusiastic, animated.

Antonyms — timid, uncertain.

* With her sanguine attitude she will overcome all the hurdles.

* The players remained sanguine about their chances of winning the match.

Magnanimous (Pronounced mag-nani-mus — generous, large-hearted, forgiving.

Synonyms — benevolent, charitable, benign, beneficent.

Antonyms — measly, paltry, petty, stingy, illiberal.

* Her magnanimity towards the downtrodden touched my heart.

* John showed great magnanimity towards his opponent.

Incorrigible (Pronounced in-kor’i-ji-bl) — that cannot be corrected.

Synonyms — Unyielding, headstrong, dogged.

Antonyms — Corrigible, reformable, malleable

* She is an incorrigible liar.

* The teachers find Rahul incorrigible and are tired of checking him.

Ecstatic (Pronounced ek’sta-tic) — excited, extremely delighted.

Synonyms — enraptured, enthusiastic.

Antonyms — miserable, unhappy, agonised.

* He is ecstatic about his unexpected promotion.

Discover

Find the synonyms of charmed and fretted, beginning from each of their letters:-

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Looking back

Carpetbagger, in the USA, is a political slang. It is a scornful term used after the American Civil War of 1861-65 for immigrants from the northern to southern states, whose "property qualifications" consisted merely of the contents of the carpet-bag which they had brought with them. Hence the term was used contemptuously for all northerners who went south and tried to obtain political influence. It also came to be applied to anyone interfering with the politics of a locality with which he is thought to have no genuine or permanent connection.

Ponder

....If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings-nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much

If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run

Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it

And—which is more—you’ll be a man, my son.

— By Kipling

Score card

1. Cheered, Happy, Agog, Rapturous, Merry, Elated, Delighted.

2. Furious, Roused, Excited, Terrorise, Thundered, Enraged, Distraught.

— Illa Vij