From Charles Lamb's *Tales from Shakespeare* (1807). Choose the word that **best matches** the meaning of the underlined word. "Ferdinand was still sitting on the grass in the same **melancholy** posture."

*Melancholy* — deep, lingering sadness or pensive gloom. The closest synonym is **sorrowful**. - *Cheerful* and *energetic* are antonyms. - *Defiant* introduces a different emotional state. Lamb's image: Ferdinand sitting still, in a pose that visually expresses grief at believing his father drowned. The word *melancholy* captures the *settled sadness* of the posture. *Melancholy* derives from Greek *melas* (black) + *kholē* (bile) — the old humoral theory linked sadness to an excess of black bile.