Lesson 15   -   edHelper.com

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Word List desecration desert desist despise despoil despondent destitute detach detain deter deteriorate detest detract detrimental devastate deviate devious devour dialogue diatribe diction dictum didactic diffuse dignitary

Synonyms

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

______	1.	quit; leave
		a. detest b. dignitary c. desist d. diatribe

______	2.	wilderness; wasteland
		a. detain b. diction c. desert d. deteriorate

______	3.	divert; discourage
		a. diatribe b. deter c. deteriorate d. detest

______	4.	lion; leader
		a. dignitary b. deter c. dialogue d. desert

______	5.	abominate; hate
		a. detract b. despoil c. detest d. diction

______	6.	spoliate; ravage
		a. diffuse b. detrimental c. deter d. despoil

______	7.	obscure; retired
		a. despise b. devious c. diatribe d. didactic

______	8.	colloquy; parley
		a. dialogue b. dictum c. despise d. deteriorate

______	9.	innocent; void
		a. destitute b. detract c. dialogue d. despoil

______	10.	consume; eat
		a. dictum b. dignitary c. devour d. despondent

______	11.	blasphemy; violation
		a. deviate b. dialogue c. desecration d. devious

______	12.	forlorn; desperate
		a. despondent b. despise c. detrimental d. dialogue

______	13.	run in; pinch
		a. detach b. detain c. desecration d. despoil

______	14.	mischievous; injurious
		a. deviate b. detrimental c. deter d. desert

______	15.	diminish; derogate
		a. detrimental b. diffuse c. diatribe d. detract

______	16.	prolix; palaverous
		a. detach b. diffuse c. deter d. detain

______	17.	maxim; brocard
		a. detach b. despoil c. diatribe d. dictum

______	18.	unfix; dissociate
		a. detach b. devastate c. desecration d. devour

______	19.	sack; devour
		a. devastate b. destitute c. deteriorate d. dialogue

______	20.	sermonizing; preachy
		a. diction b. didactic c. despondent d. deviate

______	21.	scout; contemn
		a. devious b. detract c. deviate d. despise

______	22.	digress; swerve
		a. despise b. deter c. deviate d. desist

______	23.	phrasing; verbiage
		a. detest b. desert c. diction d. despise

______	24.	retrograde; rot
		a. dignitary b. detrimental c. despoil d. deteriorate

______	25.	philippic; tirade
		a. dictum b. diatribe c. destitute d. diction