MATCHING SYNONYMS I

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Match each word on the left with its synonym on the right.

 

1. Egregious                        Dying

2. Anomalous                     Commonplace

3. Innuendo                         Disgrace

4. Fecund                            Outcast

5. Moribund                        Flagrant

6. Leviathan                        Intimation

7. Prosaic                            Riddle

8. Lachrymose                    Sharpness

9. Clandestine                    Tearful

10. Conundrum                  Whale, for one

11. Pariah                           Secret

12. Obloquy                       Fertile

13. Acumen                       Irregularity

 

Answers:

 

1. Egregious - Flagrant

2. Anomaly - Irregularity

3. Innuendo - Intimation

4. Fecund - Fertile

5. Moribund - Dying

6. Leviathan - Whale

7. Prosaic - Commonplace

8. Lachrymose - Tearful

9. Clandestine - Secret

10. Conundrum - Riddle

11. Pariah - Outcast

12. Obloquy - Disgrace

13. Acumen - Sharpness