'Appal' means to greatly horrify or shock someone. 'Dismay' (to cause consternation and distress) is the closest synonym.

'Dearth' means a scarcity or lack. Its opposite is 'abundance' meaning a very large quantity.

In Memoriam A.H.H. is an elegy by Alfred Lord Tennyson for his close friend Arthur Henry Hallam who died suddenly.

The correct spelling is 'conscientious'. The other spellings are correct.

In informal usage 'terrific' means extremely good or excellent.

'Capricious' means given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; fickle.

'Aircraft' has the same form for both singular and plural. Other examples include sheep deer and fish.

'No' is a determiner placed before 'news' indicating the absence of something.

'Lost' is the past participle of 'lose' used as an adjective to modify 'opportunity'. A participle used as an adjective is a participial adjective.

This phrase is used to say that something that has been happening for a long time must stop.

The prepositional phrase "with great speed" modifies the verb "ran" describing how he ran. It is an adverb phrase.

Two independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunction 'else'. This is a compound sentence.

Present continuous passive: By whom + am + subject + being + past participle? → By whom am I being called?

A postscript (P.S.) is an additional thought added to a letter after it has been finished and signed.

This line is from Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" spoken by Faustus to a vision of Helen of Troy.

These lines are spoken by Juliet in Act II Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".

This quote is from Lord Byron's epic satirical poem "Don Juan".

Edward Fitzgerald's English translation of the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" first published in 1859 is the most famous version.

Ulysses is a landmark modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce first published in 1922.