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Date ___________________

Choose the word that is the most nearly the same in meaning as the list of synonyms. A word should not be used more than once.

Word List accountable collateral contentious disinterested embezzle graphic harass imply inept injunction nascent ponderous precede quest revenge security subdue surmise utilitarian zealous

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1.   control, tame, rest, quiet, pacify, mute, check, reduce, damp, suppress _______________________	2.   assurance, bail, pledge, guard, assumption, warrant, safety, shelter, validity _______________________
3.   impeach, exhibit, signify, book, indicate, article, hint, suggest, mean _______________________	4.   negative, detached, unsolicitous, sluggish, abstract, objective, dispassionate, impartial, uninterested, neutral, indifferent, withdrawn, lethargic, impersonal _______________________
5.   expect, deduce, conceive, proposition _______________________	6.   inquiry, research, search, pursuit, pursuing, inquisition, inquest, prosecute, forage, beat about for _______________________
7.   try, pain, worry, savage, harry, torture, annoy, pester, browbeat, bother, foray, maraud, mistreat, disturb, trouble _______________________	8.   faithful, manifest, visual, in writing _______________________
9.   hot, devoted, forward, laborious _______________________	10.   amenable, derivative, due, owing _______________________
11.   lift, misappropriate, appropriate, walk off with _______________________	12.   go before, come before, rank, anticipate, introduce, antedate, lead, rank, usher in, usher, lead, usher _______________________
13.   militant, warring, controversial, inimical, provocative, belligerent, hostile, quarrelsome _______________________	14.   undue, silly, gauche, untimely, sentimental, awkward, unhappy, ungainly, unseemly, unsuitable _______________________
15.   bar, forbidding, hindrance, charge _______________________	16.   helpful, serviceable, practical, commodious _______________________
17.   recompense, compensation, comeuppance, defend _______________________	18.   beginning, primary, initial, in its infancy _______________________
19.   unwieldy, unhandy, massive, sloppy, unwieldy, halting, cumbersome, hefty, bulky _______________________	20.   conjugate, accompanying, other, attendant, contingency, casual, indirect, ancillary _______________________

 

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