VERB-NOUN RHYME III 

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

Each clue 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, 

To forbid a display: _______ an _______ ,

the answer would be: PROHIBIT an EXHIBIT.

 

1. Boast about an excursion: _______ a _______

 

2. Throw deer meat overboard: _______   _______

 

3. Talk glibly to a corpse: _______ with a _______

 

4. Severely criticize an aphorism: _______ the _______ 

 

5. Belittle a procession of horses: _______ a _______ 

6. Avoid or escape a verbal attack: _______ a _______

7. Hinder or delay a false story or hoax: _______ a _______

 

8. To be without an Asian beast of burden: _______ a _______

9. Meet a certain marsupial at an appointed time: _______ with a _______

10. Call into question the integrity of a wealthy industrialist: _______ a _____

 

Answers:

 

1. Vaunt a jaunt

2. Jettison venison 

3. Palaver with a cadaver

4. Condemn the apothegm

5. Degrade the cavalcade

6. Evade a tirade

7. Retard a canard

8. Lack a yak

9. Rendezvous with a kangaroo

10. Impugn a tycoon