Choose the most appropriate antonym of the underlined word. 1. The sun was now ascending the sky. (a) soaring (b) rising (c) mounting (d) downhill2. He ran a little forward to the brink of the ledge. (a) centre (b) brim (c) threshold (d) bridge3. He waited a moment in surprise. (a) weighted (b) sat (c) began (d) astonished4. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous nightfall. (a) warmness (b) coldness (c) seat (d) heart5. He searched among the rough, dirt-caked straw nest. (a) coarse(b) smooth (c) bumpy (d) blunt6. He failed to muster up courage to take that plunge. (a) dive (b) climb (c) fall (d) plume7. Between them, there was a deep, wide crack. (a) cavernous(b) dip(c) narrow (d) shallow8. Maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish. (a) surfeit (b) famine (c) appetite (d) heat9. He even gnawed at the dried pieces of eggshell. (a) parched (b) dehydrated (c) fresh (d) new other.10. He then trotted back and forth from one end of the ledge to the (a) scurried (b) sauntered (c) tracked (d) rolled11. As he passed beneath her, he heard the swish of her wings. (a) underneath (b) below (c) above (d) finit12. The next moment, he felt his wings spread outwards.(a) centrifugally (b) inwards(c) beautifully (d) aloft13. He flapped his wings and soared upwards. (a) downwards(b) inwards (c) outwards (d) lethargically14. The precipice was sheer. (a) steep (b) gentle (c) effervescence (d) recap15. The wind rushed against his breast feathers. (a) gushed(b) relaxed (c) flushed (d) plumes16. He completely forgot his inability to fly. (a) overlooked (b) remembered (c) ignored (d) disregarded17. His parents had landed in front of him. (a) visible (b) detectable (c) behind (d) anterior18. They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. (a) summoning (b) signaling (c) dismissing (d) requesting19. He was tired and weak with hunger. (a) scrawny (b) puny (c) week(d) view20. Hqwas floating on it. (a) flowing(b) fluctuating (c) flinging (d) strong21. His family was screaming and praising him. (a) diluting (b) adulation (c) exaltation (d) fixed22. She was standing on a little high hump on the plateau. (a) mountain(b) dip (c) hollow (d) highland23. He scraped his beak now and again to whet it! (a) rubbed (b) blunt (c) wet (d) sharpened24. The great expanse of sea stretched down a long way down. (a) short(b) lengthy (c) straight (d) vision25. He felt certain that his wings would never support him. (a) nearer (b) forever (c) surely (d) always