Daunted (dawnted): discouraged or frightened

Synonyms — cowed down, terrified, dispirited

Antonyms — undaunted, inspired, spurred

— He was daunted by the very thought of mountaineering.

Dissimulation (di’ simmew’ laysh’n): hiding or disguising one’s thoughts

Synonyms — concealment, feigning

Antonyms — disclosure, exposure

— Dissimulation is inevitable in a profession like yours. You cannot afford to give away your feelings.

Crass (krass): stupid and unrefined

Synonyms — boorish, insensitive, coarse

Antonyms — intelligent, elegant, refined

— He asked some extremely crass questions to the guest speaker which embarrassed the audience.

Despondent (des’pon’dent): depressed and gloomy

Synonyms — dejected, despairing, disheartened

Antonyms — cheerful, optimistic, buoyant

— The team became despondent when they lost the match.

Irreverent (i-revverent): disrespectful

Synonyms — derisive, flippant, contemptuous

Antonyms — deferential, respectful, reverent

— I did not expect him to make such irreverent remarks about the priest.

From the jumbled words discover some novelists:

1. EIMLY EBORNT

2. RECAHLOTT RBONTE

3. HNERY FELIDING

4. NHREMA VIMLELLE

5. ELDNAI DFEOE

6. GOEREG TEILO

To be put through the mill is to get one’s training in one’s occupation through intense hard work enforced by one’s seniors. The allusion is to the grinding of corn in a mill.

Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.

— Gladstone

Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Henry Fielding, Herman Melville, Daniel Defoe, George Eliot

— Illa Vij