10.Find the dominant synonym in the following groups of synonyms. Explain your choice

1. to glimmer — to glisten — to blaze — to shine — to sparkle— to flash— to gleam.

2. to glare— to gaze — to peep — to look — to stare — to glance (is the most neutral verb).

3. to astound — to surprise — to amaze — to puzzle — to astonish.

4. strange — quaint — odd — queer (is more general verb that can encompass a wider range of oddities).

5. to saunter — to stroll — to wander — to walk — to roam.

6. scent — perfume — smell — odour — aroma.

7. to brood— to reflect— to meditate— to think.

8. to fabricate — to manufacture — to produce — to create — to make.

9. furious — enraged — angry (is the most neutral).

10. to sob — to weep — to cry (is more general verb that can encompass both sobbing and weeping).

(They are the most neutral and general)

11. Give as many synonyms for the italicized words in the following jokes as you can.

Baby – newborn, infant. Die – expire, perish, pass. Governess – Babysitter. Celebrated - rejoice, party, have a party. Start - begin, commence, inaugurate, institute, launch. Lonely – alone. Shouting -call, cry out, rap out, yell, hoop, whoop, outcry. Cried – bawl.

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