One of the things I like most about language is how a word or phrase can mean more than just one thing. Those that enjoy playing with language or writing it can play with words in all kinds of manner. Do you know more than one use per word? I'm sure you do. How about showing us for these 20 words? Can you identify the correct synonym.
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Choose the best synonym for: 'Appall'
Sadden
Send
Shock
Return
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Choose the best synonym for: 'Wary'
Watchful
Sleepy
Drained
Stolid
3 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Educe'
Teach
Elicit
Pretend
Strike
4 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Inscrutable'
Cryptic
Angry
Shallow
Tough
5 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Abide'
Tolerate
Leave
Descend
Present
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Choose the best synonym for: 'Reel'
Stagger
Take
Swirl
Slug
7 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Covetous'
Humble
Needy
Envious
Strange
8 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Temerity'
Largeness
Audacity
Coyness
Lethargy
9 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Dupe'
Deceive
Swallow
Dose
Suffocate
10 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Garrulous'
Brooding
Greedy
Gungry
Loquacious
11 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Cavort'
Cave
Jig
Associate
Pay
12 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Rake'
Bath
Liquid
Move
Comb
13 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Phantom'
Fake
Play
Theater
Apparition
14 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Placid'
Noisy
Young
Unruffled
Public
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Choose the best synonym for: 'Loot'
See
Steal
Give
Park
16 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Dire'
Able
Sinister
Urgent
Careless
17 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Negligible'
Significant
Old
Trivial
Undressed
18 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Upright'
bumpy
Ethical
chubby
Stiff
19 of 20
Choose the best synonym for: 'Reverie'
Celebration
Treaty
Daydream
Negotiation
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Choose the best synonym for: 'Weary'
Careful
Tired
Suspicious
Tiny
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