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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.

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1.   along by, up, beside, acquainted, up, by, contemporary _______________________	2.   virtuosity, timing, expertise, might, prowess, dexterity, talent, skill, capacity, competence, knack _______________________
3.   surface, outer, outside, facade, exotic, exterior, extrinsic, outside _______________________	4.   undistinguished, modest, meek, submissive, abject, common, obscure, modest _______________________
5.   establish, secure, confirm, settle, armor, shield, ascertain, check _______________________	6.   find, put, get, discover, trace, place, camp, chance upon, set, position, detect _______________________
7.   restrict, lessen, cut, change, curtail, drain, afflict, curtail, rebate, decrease, discount, conquer, shave, abate, diminish _______________________	8.   express, filter, grow, mine, purify, strain, clean, process, favor _______________________
9.   shy, stand, elude, evade _______________________	10.   amaze, drop in on, stun, surprise, bewilder, pounce upon, startle, astound _______________________
11.   burgeon, plus, rise, magnify, boost, enlarge, amplify, extend, expand, dilate, augment, fortify, plus, flourish _______________________	12.   endowment, maintenance, subsidy, emolument _______________________
13.   wet blanket, damp, cynic _______________________	14.   stampede, distress, intimidate, daunt, dread, alarm, terrify _______________________
15.   sorrowful, unfortunate, doomed, sad, horrendous, grievous, misfortune, disastrous _______________________	16.   receptive, sympathetic, responsive, acute, sensuous, feeling, precise, obnoxious, keen, receptive, susceptible, sensible, inflammable, irascible _______________________
17.   dissonant, grade, detached, differentiate, aloof, split, divorce, difference, part, divide, rupture, sever, detach _______________________	18.   ascetic, grave, strict, constant, acid, heavy, serious, bleak, brutal, brisk, intemperate, austere, stern, astringent, bare _______________________
19.   manage, provide, gross, support, accommodate with, give, supply, extend, vouchsafe, furnish, pay for _______________________	20.   post, bastion, garrison house, keep _______________________

 

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