Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Synonyms 20/10/14

Choose the words that are closest in meaning to the words on the left:

1. develop          path, way, coach, progress, attract

2. flourish           flower, knead, beat, prosper, saturate

3. disturb            allow, admit, prevent, derange, stress

4. intrusion         enter, entrance, disturbance, include, inside

5. converse        change, rhyme, poem, discuss, sing

6. buff                paint, lie, pout, moan, clean

7. offend            buy, give, talk, hurt, kill

8. differ             change, vary, alike, dislike, hard

9. suffer             fever, main, full, undergo, thrill

10. effect           heavy, hard, sound, impact, impair

11. affect           love, distant, improve, evolve, disturb

12. effort           load, do, attempt, improve, progress,develop

13. burden         heavy, stress, agony, anguish, load

14. efficient       try, competent, lead, guide, throw

14. baffled        lied, spoke, murmured, perplexed, screamed

15. scruffy        shiny, soft, smooth, plain, unkempt

16. afford          spare, praise, buy, acquire, able

17. scoff            cough, sneeze, snore, sniff, deride

18. muffled        clear, loud, indistinct, bright, rough

19. staff              cease, faculty, facility, fast, fierce

20. sufficient      adequate, scanty, scarce, scare, able

Note:  
1. Find a synonym for each of the twenty words on the left.
2. Make your own sentences using the words on the left