Cagey (keiji): cautious about giving information.

Synonyms: guarded, evasive, secretive.

Antonyms: incautious, unwary.

Caddish (kad’dish): deceitful and ungentlemanly

Synonyms: despicable, unmannerly.

Antonyms: gentlemanly, laudable, praiseworthy.

Artless (art’les): simple and natural, without deception.

Synonyms: guileless, sincere.

Antonyms: artful, crafty, cunning.

— Her artless manner appeals to most of us.

Dowdy (davdi): dull and not fashionable.

Synonyms: dull, shabby, old-fashioned

Antonyms: stylish, fashionable, chic

— That lady in a dowdy brown dress is my neighbour.

Fitful (fitful): occurring in short periods

Synonyms: erratic, flickering, sporadic.

Antonyms: continuous, steady, unbroken.

Impetuous (im-pettew-us): acting or done quickly without thinking.

Synonyms: impulsive, hasty.

Antonyms: measured, deliberate.

Match the columns to discover some names given to towns:

1. Kimberley

2. Chicago

3. Arizona

4. Thebes

5. Nevada

6. New Haven

a. The Silver State

b. The Diamond City

c. Valley of Kings

d. The Copper State

e. City of Elmo

f. Windy City

Galvanism — Luigi Galvani was an Italian physiologist. He accidentally found that a scalpel charged with electricity could send a frog’s corpse into muscular convulsions. Upon further experimentation, he discovered the principles of chemically produced electricity. Thus his name gave rise to the expression galvanism, galvanised iron and galvanometer. The phrase galvanised into action is also quite common.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man; a contented mind confers it all. — Horace

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

— Illa Vij