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Name _____________________________

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 allot conscientious contradict delineate desist dignitary elapse humanitarian irksome pacify penetration phenomenon philanthropic precarious pungent renounce revoke spontaneous strident surmise

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Down 1.   picture, define, paint, depict, depict, represent, portray, interpret 2.   slide, expire, go, last 3.   benevolent, altruistic, giving, public 4.   unsought, unpremeditated, impulsive, informal, improvised, offered, ad-lib, undeliberate, unplanned 5.   surrender, disuse, quit, abort 6.   rough, intense, unsweet, epigrammatic 7.   cease, propitiate, smooth, subside

Across 8.   assert the contrary, rescind, repeal, negative, abolish, withdraw, retain, recall, cancel, remember, recollect, recollect, dismantle, back down, lift 9.   presumption, supposition, account as, estimate 10.   uninteresting, worrisome, dull, hefty 11.   allow, fix, assign, set, serve, allocate, snow, give