Word Usage - 3 (Find the Word)

Cessation, abeyance and deadlock mean discontinuance. 

All the words except trauma mean thinking deeply about something. Trauma means shock/ injury.

All the words except lucid are synonymous. Lucid means expressed clearly; easy to understand.

Options 2, 3 & 4 mean giving or spending grudgingly or only through necessity. Option 1 means exceedingly or recklessly wasteful.

All the words except guffaw mean 'feeling sorrow'. Guffaw means loud laughter.

Assertive is antonymous to all the other options here. It means having or showing a confident and forceful personality.

All the other words except scanty refer to excess of something. Scanty refers to small or insufficient in quantity or amount.

Options 1, 2 and 4.
All are related to joking; humorous; full of fun.
Option 3 refers to a person who prefers to be independent of others as by living or working alone.

(2) Notorious is infamous; others are deceitful.