Uncanny: (un-kan’i) Not natural, mysterious and a little frightening.

Synonyms: Weird, eerie

— The fog and the silence in the forest was quite uncanny.

Unfeigned: (un-fay’nd) Not pretended

Synonyms: genuine, sincere.

— His unfeigned delight and warmth made me feel comfortable in his house.

Approbation: (ap-prob-ay-shun) Approval, agreement or permission.

Synonyms: commendation, benediction

Adulation: (addew-lay’shun) Excessive admiration or praise.

Synonyms: Acclaim, applause, blandishment

— She enjoys the adulation that she receives from all her fans.

Peevish: (peev’ish) Easily annoyed, bad-tempered.

Synonyms: irritable, querulous, fretful.

Deter: (de-ter) To make somebody decide not to do something.

Synonyms: discourage, dissuade, prevent

— Her aim is to deter students from the path of violence.

Discover

Match the columns to pair the opposites:

A                             B

1. strict                    a) vice

2. virtue                   b) refute

3. vague                  c) fiction

4. affirm                  d) convict

5. fact                    e) deny

6. acquit                  f) lax

7. diligent                g) definite

8. acknowledge        h) careless.

Looking back

Kentish Fire is a prolonged and ordered salvo of applause, or demonstration of impatience and dissent, said to have originated in reference to meetings held in Kent in 1828-9 in opposition to the Catholic Emancipation Bill.

Ponder

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. — Hazlitt.

Score card

1f, 2a, 3g, 4b, 5c, 6d, 7h, 8e

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