Chastise (chass-taiz): To criticise somebody for having done something wrong.

Synonyms — berate, scold, rebuke.

Antonyms — commend, compliment, praise.

— They were chastised for ragging the new students of the college.

Divulge (dai-vulj, di-vulj): To make something known, especially a secret.

Synonyms — tell, disclose, reveal

Antonyms — conceal, hide.

— I didn’t expect him to divulge my confidential report to my subordinates.

Eventful (eventful): Full of exciting and interesting events.

Synonyms — memorable, lively, momentous.

Antonyms — dull, boring, uninteresting

— It’s been an eventful year for our family.

Recant (re’kant): Reject or withdraw as false something which one earlier said or believed.

Synonyms — abjure, deny, retract.

Antonyms — uphold, maintain, reaffirm

— I am quite sure that he will recant his statement in the court.

Retrenchment (re-trenchment): Reduction of one’s expenses.

Synonyms — contraction, reduction

Antonyms —expansion, extension

Tedium (teedium): Boredom

Synonyms — dreariness, dullness, monotony.

Antonyms — excitement, liveliness, challenge.

Match the words in column A with the corresponding manias in column B:

A B

1. Flowers a. entomania

2. Solitude b. cynomania

3. Books c. anthomania

4. Alcohol d. bibliomania

5. Insects e. dipsomania

6. Dogs f. automania

To be (or look) white about the gills means to be ill or look frightened. The idiom comes from the fact that when fish is removed from water the gills lose their natural colour and look pale.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honour which set off virtue.

1c, 2f, 3d, 4e, 5a, 6b

— Illa Vij