VERB-NOUN RHYME I 

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,

 

To demote a representative: _______ a   _______ ,

 

the answer would be RELEGATE a DELEGATE. 

1. Charge a fairy with a crime: _______ a   _______

2. Condemn an undertaking: _______ a  _______

3. Blame the team trainer: _______ the _______

4: Claim generous giving: _______  _______

5. Praise the objective: _______ the  _______

6. Spitefully criticize a plan: _______ the _______

7. Rob a small community: _______ a _______

8. Avoid the entourage: _______ the _______

9. Bully an apparition: _______ a _______

10. Surrender the playing or battle area: _______ the _______

Answers:

 

1. Indict a sprite

2. Censure a venture

3. Reproach the coach

4. Profess largesse

5. Extol the goal

6. Malign the design

7. Pillage a village

8. Eschew the retinue

9. Hector a specter

10. Yield the field