Lesson 14   -   edHelper.com

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Word List culminate culprit cultivate culture currency cursory curtail cycle dainty daze decade decided decipher decisive declaim decompose decorous dedication deem deface defame depose deprive deride descent

Synonyms

Select the word that most nearly is a synonym of the given words.

______	1.	disthrone; dethrone
		a. depose b. culture c. daze d. deem

______	2.	resolute; determined
		a. declaim b. decisive c. curtail d. deride

______	3.	break; cryptanalyze
		a. cultivate b. decipher c. dainty d. depose

______	4.	top off; finish
		a. decompose b. decorous c. dainty d. culminate

______	5.	labor; work
		a. cultivate b. deface c. decade d. deprive

______	6.	decompound; anatomize
		a. daze b. currency c. dedication d. decompose

______	7.	perorate; rant
		a. cultivate b. currency c. culprit d. declaim

______	8.	slash; cut
		a. currency b. deface c. decompose d. curtail

______	9.	superficial; uncritical
		a. deface b. decisive c. cursory d. decorous

______	10.	drop; fall
		a. culprit b. decompose c. culture d. descent

______	11.	figure; determine
		a. decipher b. decided c. cursory d. deprive

______	12.	polish; cultivation
		a. decided b. culture c. dedication d. currency

______	13.	bedazzle; dazzle
		a. decipher b. culture c. daze d. cycle

______	14.	libel; vilify
		a. defame b. curtail c. descent d. cultivate

______	15.	scout; lout
		a. decorous b. dainty c. deride d. cycle

______	16.	delicacy; kickshaw
		a. dainty b. dedication c. culminate d. defame

______	17.	disfeature; disfashion
		a. declaim b. culprit c. deem d. deface

______	18.	disrobe; divest
		a. cycle b. deprive c. dainty d. curtail

______	19.	circle; round
		a. deprive b. cultivate c. cycle d. depose

______	20.	lucre; lettuce
		a. culture b. deem c. defame d. currency

______	21.	christian; befitting
		a. decorous b. decided c. cultivate d. dedication

______	22.	account; reckon
		a. dedication b. culprit c. depose d. deem