Q:1(a)-Synonymous
1. Chronicle: Accounts of events
2. Flume: A narrow gorge with a stream running through it
3. Epitaph: Tomb stone Inscription
4. Laconic: Concise
5. Shingle: Gravely Beach
6. Filial: Of sons and daughters
7. Misopedia: A hatred for children
8. Menage: Household

Q:1(b)-Antonymous
1. Annihilate: augment
2. Brace : Knock
3. Brusque: Smooth
4. Concord: variance
5. unconscientious: profligate
6. Diplomatic : shrewd
7. hypocrisy: uprightness
8. Onerous: Difficult

5(a):idioms
1. Dog in the manger: person who stops others using a thing for which he or she has no use.
2. Close shave: Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
3. Freudian slip: unintentional verbal error revealing subconscious feelings.
4. Gordian knot: Any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms
5. Sugar daddy: elderly man who lavishes gifts on a young woman.
6. Wet blanket: Someone who spoils the pleasure of others

5(b):Pair of words

Capital: chief town or city of a country or region.
Capitol: A building occupied by a state legislature.
Assay: testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality
Essay: A tentative attempt.
Envelope: folded paper container for a letter etc. wrapper, covering.
Envelop: wrap up or cover completely.
Decree: official legal order.
Degree: Level, point, stage.
Desolate: left alone; solitary, uninhabited, ruined, dreary.
Dissolute: immoral.
Species: A specific kind of something
Specie: Coins collectively
Tortuous: Not straightforward, Complex
Torturous: Extremely painful
Wet: Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water.
Whet: Quicken

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