“I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central
Park South. I was wondering if it would be
frozen over when I got home, and if it was,
where did the ducks go? I was wondering
where the ducks went when the lagoon got all
icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy
came in a truck and took them away to a zoo
or something. Or if they just flew away."
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
1. Melancholy
2. Frightening
3. Mysterious
4. Joyful

see explanation.

explanation:

1. buoyant: happy and confident (e)

2. euphoric: in a state of great happiness (a)

3. jubilant: having a feeling of great happiness and excitement (b)

4. rapturous: feeling or expressing great joy (d)

*note that the difference in 1-4 can be shown by signal words such as "in a state of" for the term "euphoric," as "euphoric" would describe a state of euphoria.

5. untroubled: calm and tranquil (c)

6. cajole: to talk coaxingly and flatteringly (i)

7. harangue: to express oneself at considerable length (h)

8. quibble: to evade the truth of the point at issue by arguing over trifles (g)

9. whine: to complain in a childish, fretful manner and in a nasal tone (j)

10. rant: to talk bombastically (f)