alone – single little – small
brink – edge attempted – tried
flap – beat expanse – stretch
stretched – extended beneath – under
certain – sure support – hold
bent – curved hole – opening
failed – missed muster – collect
courage – boldness desperate – hopeless
shrilly – piercingly scolding – rebuking
threatening – intimidating let – allow
starve – hunger watched – noticed
perfecting – achieving art – skill
flight – flying skim – glide
dive – plunge devour – eat
raising – producing proud – pompous
cackle – noise whole – entire
midway – halfway cliff – precipice
cowardice – timidity ascending – climbing
blazing – shining previous – former
nightfall – dusk piece – bit
far – distant end – corner
scrap – bit rooting – searching
rough – rude gnawed – chewed
trotted – ran daintily – delicately
means – ways sheer – complete / steep
fall – drop precipice – chiff
deep – profound wide – broad
wide – broad crack – split
top – summit stepped – walked
hidden – concealed closed – shut
pretended – acted dozing – sleeping
sunk – plunged preening – arranging
hump – mound thrust – pushed
tore – ripped scraped – rubbed
sight – vision maddened – angered
whet – sharpen uttered – produced
begging – pleading mockingly – derisively
plaintively – sadly leaned – sloped
eagerly – longingly tapping – touching
halted – stopped limp – weak
motionless – still scream – cry
swooped – descended upwards – above
swish – rustle monstrous – great / huge
terror – fear seized – gripped
lasted – extended spread – outstretch
rushed – hurried breast – chest
tips – ends headlong – headfirst
gradually – steadily dizzy – confused
raised – lifted answered – replied
completely – totally commenced – started
shrieking – screaming shrilly – piercingly
straight – direct over – above
facing – seeing ocean – sea
vast – wide ridges – crests
crowed – screamed amusedly – happily
landed – alighted beckoning – summoning
dropped – lowered sank – plunged
fright – fear attempted – tried
rise – soar exhausted – fatigued
strange – new exercise – activity
belly – abdomen farther – deeper
offering – giving low – soft
Antonyms:
young x old alone x accompanied
before x after little x big
run x walk forward x backward
brink x center great x small
stretched x contracted down x up
beneath x above long x short
certain x uncertain never x always
support x desert bent x straightened
head x tail night x day
shorter x longer failed x succeeded
muster x scatter courage x cowardice
appeared x disappeared desperate x hopeful
shrilly x softly scolding x praising
starve x feed ago x after
nobody x everyday teaching x learning
older x younger first x last
devour x vomit standing x sitting
parents x children raising x lowering
proud x humble morning x evening
whole x part plateau x hill/valley
laughing x weeping cowardice x courage
ascending x descending warmly x coolly
heat x cold previous x next
nightfall x daybreak dried x wet
end x beginning single x double
rough x smooth trotted x sauntered
daintily x awkwardly fall x rise
precipice x plain deep x shallow
wide x narrow above x beneath
top x bottom slowly x quickly
hidden x exposed closed x opened
asleep x awake white x black
back x front hump x pit
thrust x pulled madden x calmed
loved x hated whet x blunt
low x high begging x ordering
plaintively x joyfully joyful x sorrowful
scream x murmur picked x dropped
eagerly x indifferently nearer x farther
halted x proceeded limp x stiff
motionless x moving hunger x overeating
dived x soared loud x mild
outwards x inwards downwards x upwards
monstrous x small seized x left
still x moving spread x contract
falling x rising gradually x suddenly
dizzy x steady joyous x grievous / sad
completely x partly forgot x remembered
commenced x stopped vast x narrow
ridges x furrows amusedly x sadly
front x back sank x floated
fright x bravery tired x refreshed
weak x strong floating x sinking
screaming x murmuring praising x belittling
offering x taking first x last
Video explanation for 10th std Unit 1
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Grammar: Modal Voice
SamacheerKalvi 10th std Unit 1 Synonyms and antonyms |