Choose the correct synonyms for the underlined words in the sentences below.

Here are the correct synonyms for the underlined words:

1. The mother seagull swooped upwards.

   • The correct synonym for "swooped" is c) move very quickly.
   • Answer: c) move very quickly

2. His parents circled around raising a proud cackle.

   • The correct synonym for "cackle" is d) shout.
   • Answer: d) shout

3. Scraping his beak now and again to whet it.

   • The correct synonym for "whet" is c) sharpen.
   • Answer: c) sharpen

4. The young bird kept calling her mother plaintively.

   • The correct synonym for "plaintively" is b) sadly.
   • Answer: b) sadly

5. The little seagull even gnawed at the dried pieces of egg shell.

   • The correct synonym for "gnawed" is a) chewed.
   • Answer: a) chewed

6. The sight of the food maddened him.

   • The correct synonym for "maddened" is a) enraged.
   • Answer: a) enraged

7. The young seagull was alone on his ledge.

   • The correct synonym for "ledge" is c) sill.
   • Answer: c) sill

8. The seagull failed to muster up courage.

   • The correct synonym for "muster" is c) gather.
   • Answer: c) gather

9. Her white breast thrust forward.

   • The correct synonym for "forward" is a) upshot.
   • Answer: a) upshot

10. The Seagull then commenced to dive and soar shrieking shrilly.

    • The correct synonym for "shrieking" is c) screaming.
    • Answer: c) screaming

11. The doors and drawers were yanked open.

    • The correct synonym for "yanked" is b) pulled.
    • Answer: b) pulled

12. He said in a hopeless tone of a despondent beagle.

    • The correct synonym for "despondent" is c) despairing.
    • Answer: c) despairing

13. The narrator's grandfather creates chaos.

    • The correct synonym for "chaos" is b) disorder.
    • Answer: b) disorder

14. The cops were reluctant to leave.

    • The correct synonym for "reluctant" is a) unwilling.
    • Answer: a) unwilling

15. I suspected that it was burglar.

    • The correct synonym for "suspected" is a) doubted.
    • Answer: a) doubted

16. He gazed at me a long time.

    • The correct synonym for "gazed" is b) stared.
    • Answer: b) stared

17. I gripped his arm.

    • The correct synonym for "gripped" is d) held tightly.
    • Answer: d) held tightly