Choose the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.1. The young seagull was alone on his ledge. (a) sill (b) window (c) nest (d) lift2. The great expanse of sea stretched a long way down. (a) express (b) expense (c) stretch (d) vision3. He felt certain that his wings would never support him. (a) curtain(b) screen (c) sure (d) unsure4. His brothers and his little sister ran to the brink. (a) bark (b) sea (c) water (d) edge5. He failed to muster up courage to take that plunge. (a) dust (b) gather (c) strength (d) marvel6. He saw his brothers and sister perfecting in the art of flight. (a) achieving (b) trying (c) finishing (d) balancing7. He saw his older brother devour his first catch. (a) consume (b) devein (c) divide (d) smell8. His parents circled around raising a proud cackle. (a) cough (b) screech (c) walk (d) tackle9. The whole family walked about on the big plateau. (a) highland (b) pinnacle (c) lake (d) valley10. All his siblings laughed at his cowardice.(a) weakness (b) craze(c) cooperation (d) awkwardness11. He even gnawed at the dried pieces of eggshell. (a) gasped (b) annoyed (c) chewed (d) devoured12. He then trotted back and forth from one end of the ledge to the other. (a) trailed (b) scurried (c) jolted (d) rolled13. His long gray legs stepped daintily to reach his parents. (a) elegantly (b) drearily (c) dancing (d) lethargically14. The ledge ended in a sheer fall of precipice with the sea beneath.(a) steep (b) gentle (c) clean (d) distant15. The precipice was sheer. (a) cliff (b) precipitation (c) effervescence (d) recap16. His father was preening the feathers on his white back. (a) picking (b) cleaning (c) screening(d) wilting17. She was standing on a little high hump on the plateau. (a) mound (b) dip(c) hollow (d) table18. Her white breast thrust forward. (a) shove (b) burst (c) backward (d) thirsted19. The sight of the food maddened him. (a) light (b) bring (c) blight (d) view20. He scraped his beak now and again to whet it! (a) rubbed (b) screened (c) wet (d) sharpened21. He uttered a low cackle. (a) expressed (b) screamed (c) mocked (d) udder22. She screamed back mockingly. (a) admiringly (b) scornfully (e) meekly (d) brightly23. He kept calling plaintively. (a) plainly (b) blatantly (c) sadly (d) palpably24. She was just opposite to him, abreast of the ledge. (a) well-informed (b) tuned (c) approved (d) disapproved25. His mother had swooped upwards. (a) swung (b) leapt (c) fell (d) danced