Saturday, July 21, 2001
W O R D  P O W E R


Invigorate (in-viggarayte): Give strength or courage to

Synonym: Refresh, stimulate strengthen

Antonym: Weaken,

—The early morning air invigorated me.

Jeopardise (jeppar-daiz): Endanger.

Synonym: Risk, imperil.

Antonym: Secure.

— The carelessness of the security officers has jeopardised this area.

Indignant (in-dig’nant): Show anger and scorn or injured feelings.

Synonym: Offended, angry, infuriated.

Antonym:Delighted.

— The labourers were indignant at not being paid their wages.

Famished (fam’ished): Suffering from extreme hunger.

Synonym:Starving, ravenous.

Antonym: Full, replete.

— I’m too famished to wait for the guests any longer. I’m going to have my lunch.

Benevolent (ben-ev’el-ent): Showing kindness, helpfulness or generosity.

Synonym: Kindhearted, generous.

Antonym: Unkind, selfish, malicious.

—The teacher’s benevolent attitude is appreciated by all of us.

Arduous (ardrew’-us): Laborious

Synonym: Difficult, hard

Antonym: Easy.

—Due to poor health, he’s unable to cope with this arduous work.

 

Discover

Add one letter before the first letter of words in column A to form words that mean the same as words in column B:

A  B
1. Lump  to sit or fall heavily
2. Lip to slide a short dis- tance accidentally.
3. Aim  to wound or injury causing permanent injury to that part of the body.
4. Reek a narrow stretch of water flowing in from a coast.
5. Raze an enthusiastic interest in something, usually shared by many people.
6. Wine A strong thread or string made by twisting two or more strands of threads together.

Looking back

The term Dead Sea Fruits means results which are bitterly disappointing, even though they had held out high hopes. The allusion of this idiom is to the fruit, sometimes called apples of Sodom, known to be produced in the bitterly salty water of the Jordan river, flowing into the Dead Sea. This phrase was first recorded in the 19th century in a novel by Miss Brandon.

Ponder

On the soft beds of luxury most kingdoms have expired-young.

Score card

1. Slump, slip, maim, creek, craze, twine.

— Illa Vij

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