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4th Grade WordMasters Meet 3 Synonyms 19-20

Terms in this set (24)

skim
skimming, skim over, skim off, cream off, cream, skip, skitter, skimmed, plane, scan, rake, glance over, run down
tentative
probationary, provisional, provisionary, doubtful
dredge
drag
entangle
tangle, mat, snarl, mire
miserly
mean, mingy, tight
tact
tactfulness
chastise
castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
defective
faulty, bad
tyranny
dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism
weld
Theodore Dwight Weld, dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette, Reseda luteola
opaque
unintelligible
cog
sprocket
abridge
foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
cordial
hearty, liqueur, affable, amiable, genial
gauze
netting, veiling, gauze bandage
curtail
restrict, curb, cut back, clip, cut short
obtuse
purblind, dense, dim, dull, dumb, slow
tightwad
cheapskate
compress
constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press, pack together
filmy
diaphanous, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
diplomat
diplomatist
berate
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
superficial
trivial, skin-deep, surface
link
linkup, tie, tie-in, data link, nexus, radio link, liaison, contact, inter-group communication, connection, connexion, connectedness, associate, tie in, relate, colligate, link up, connect, yoke, join, unite
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