Question

antonyms of the words in brackets.
Words related to storms
Read this account, a diary entry about a cyclone, by a young boy. Fill in the blanks with
incessant
destruction
fractured
devastating
swiftly angry
menacing
fury
uprooted
29 October 20xx
Orissa
Dear Diary,
FEE
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I had gone to Ersama, a small town in coastal Orissa, to spend the day with a friend. In the
evening, a dark and (a) ________ (comforting) storm quickly gathered. Winds beat
against the houses with a speed and (b)__________
(serenity) that I had never witnessed
before. Heavy and (c)______
(Intermittent) rain filled the darkness, ancient trees
were (d)___________
(planted) and crashed to the earth. Screams rent the air as people
and houses were (e)________
(slowly) washed away. The (f)_______
(calm)
waters swirled into his friend's house, neck deep. Our building was of brick and mortar and was
strong enough to survive the (g) ___________(preservation) of the wind's velocity of 350
km per hour. But the cold terror of the people grew with the crashing of trees that got uprooted
and fell on their houses, damaging its roof and walls.
The crazed (g) __________
(construction) wrought by the cyclone and the surge of
the ocean continued for thirty-six hours. To escape the waters rising in the houses, people
had taken refuge on the roofs. The shock of the devastation wrought by the cyclone was
shattering. A raging, deadly, brown sheet of water covered everything as far as the eye
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Answer 1

Answer:

comforting --uncomforting

serenity -- anxiety

intermittent--steady

planted--unplanted

slowly--fastly

calm--noisy

preservation--spoil

construction--destruction

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Insessant

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