VERB-NOUN RHYME II

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each clue below is followed by two blanks. To answer the clue, fill in the first blank with a verb and the second with a noun that rhymes with it. For example, given the clue,

Condemn an undertaking: _______  a  _______ ,

the answer would be: CENSURE a VENTURE.

1. To forbid a display: _______ an _______

 

2. To enjoy the taste of something: _______ the _______

 

3. To throw rubbish: _______   _______

 

4. Forbid by law a bitter denunciation: _______ a _______

5. To disguise a malicious attack: _______ the _______

 

6. To place a large rock on one's scapula: _______ a _______

 

7. To conquer or overcome great suffering: _______   _______

 

8. Refuse to allow a ship's goods to be unloaded: _______ the _______

 

9. To have doubts at the very point of marriage: _______ at the _______

 

10. To speak abusively of the side view of a human face: _______ the _______

 

Answers:

 

1. Prohibit an exhibit

2. Savor the flavor

3. Toss dross

4. Proscribe a diatribe

5. Camouflage the sabotage

6. Shoulder a boulder

7. Vanquish anguish

8. Embargo the cargo

9. Falter at the altar

10. Revile the profile