VERB-NOUN RHYME V

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. 

 

1. Hurry a bricklayer: _______ a _______

2. Fall from the top: _______ from the _______

3. Fix a cetacean on a sharp stake: _______ a _______

4. Talk foolishly about bovine creatures: _______ about _______

5. Run off and marry a hater of mankind: _______ with a _______

6. Speak abusively of one who loves books: _______ a _______

 

7. Have a high opinion of the ruling party: _______ the _______

 

8. Scorn the established royal power: _______ the _______

 

9. Exchange good-humored ridicule while on an easy gallop: _______ on a _______

10. Shun a half-sized newspaper full of photographs and sensational stories: _______ a _______

 

Answers:

 

1. Hasten a mason

2. Plummet from the summit

3. Impale a whale

4. Prattle about cattle

5. Elope with a misanthrope

6. Revile a bibliophile

7. Esteem the regime

8. Disdain the reign

9. Banter on a canter

10. Avoid a tabloid