verb
make or become hard or solid.
"the magma slowly solidifies and forms crystals"
Similar:
harden
go hard
set
freeze
ice over/up
gel
thicken
stiffen
congeal
clot
coagulate
curdle
cake
dry
bake
consolidate
ossify
fossilize
petrify
gelatinize
Opposite:
liquefy
melt
thaw
gasify
make stronger; reinforce.
In the poem "Afterwards," Hardy uses many euphemisms to refer to death. He never actually says the words die, dead, or death.
Instead, he says things like: "If I pass during..." Here, the term "pass" is replacing the word "die." He also uses the very wordy "When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay" (which basically means "When the present is behind me" or "When I am part of the past").
The effect of these euphemisms is to have a quiet, calming effect on the reader. If he constantly used the words "die" and "death" throughout the poem, the dreamlike quality of the poem would be altered.
Instead, using terms like "afterward" and all the other euphemisms allows Hardy to discuss death without actually discussing it. In this way, he wonders what the rest of the world will do "after."
Answer:
As no options were given to choose from, I would go ahead to explain the words and then suggest another word pair which is Exasperate : Calm
Explanation:
A bristle is thin and stiff strand of animal or human hair. The stiffness arises when the animal or person is responding in anger or fear to an external stimuli. This makes the hairs on the animal or person to stand erect and stiff
The word 'Relax' on the other hand connotes calmness and rest and is the opposite state of being bristle or angered.
Another word pair that best completes the analogy would be Exasperate : Calm
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