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Synonyms worksheet

December 16, 2016 - pdf

In each of the following sentences replace the underlined word with another word that means the same. Choose your answers from the options given below.

(violations, inherent, combustible, ingenious, enrage, suppressed, mysterious, ingenuity, inimitable, introduction)

1. Don’t light matches near inflammable liquids.

2. The sighting of the flying saucer was inexplicable.

3. He had his driver’s license revoked for too many speeding infractions.

4. The child’s stubbornness infuriated the mother.

5. Not even experts could figure out the magician’s clever escape.

6. The student showed cleverness in solving the difficult math problem.

7. The boy had an ingrained fear of heights.

8. The medicine inhibited the spread of the disease.

9. Many have tried to copy the painter’s unique style.

10. The composer owed his initiation into the music world to his mother.

Answers

1. Don’t light matches near combustible liquids.

2. The sighting of the flying saucer was mysterious.

3. He had his driver’s license revoked for too many speeding violations.

4. The child’s stubbornness enraged the mother.

5. Not even experts could figure out the magician’s ingenious escape.

6. The student showed ingenuity in solving the difficult math problem.

7. The boy had an inherent fear of heights.

8. The medicine suppressed the spread of the disease.

9. Many have tried to copy the painter’s inimitable style.

10. The composer owed his introduction into the music world to his mother.

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