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Fun with Synonyms
By Oh Teik Theam

FOR each set of three words below, find a rhyme for the second and third words so that you get three words (including the italicised word, which rhymes with the first word) that are synonyms of each other.
Example: dry, keep, lob > cry, weep, sob.

1. ear, thread, night > fear, ____, ____
2. clasp, rant, bluff > gasp, ____, ____
3. dine, titter, listen > shine, ____, ____
4. wrong, thorny, unjust > strong, ___, ____
5. twin, clean, dim > thin, ____, ____
6. beat, assume, suggest > eat, ____, ____
7. nourish, dive, throw > flourish, ____, ____
8. annoy, abolish, graze > destroy, ___, ____
9. stab, hatch, touch > grab, ____, ____
10. decrease, discharge, torment > increase, ____, ____
11. grave, glaring, cold > brave, ____, ____
12. vast, drift, neat > fast, ____, ____
13. recent, copper, vigorous > decent, ____, ____
14. grief, worse, hurt > brief, ____, ____
15. tough, jumpy, Stephen > rough, ____, ____
16. running, draughty, ply > cunning, ____, ____
17. entice, extract, extinct > precise, ____, ____
18. heartbroken, blank, grunt > outspoken, ____, ____
19. royal, blue, instant > loyal, ____, ____
20. inert, jubilant, scary > alert, ____, ____

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Answers
1. dread, fright
2. pant, puff
3. glitter, glisten
4. brawny, robust
5. lean, slim
6. consume, ingest
7. thrive, grow
8. demolish, raze
9. snatch, clutch
10. enlarge, augment
11. daring, bold
12. swift, fleet
13. proper, decorous
14. terse, curt
15. bumpy, uneven
16. crafty, sly
17. exact, distinct
18. frank, blunt
19. true, constant
20. vigilant, wary