Synonyms
plunder the ship
OPTIONS: pillage; sink; abandon; board
pillage
a perilous trek
OPTIONS: exciting; dramatic; harmless; praiseworthy
harmless
He loved the story of the ____________ firefighters who rescued families from the burning building.
OPTIONS: perilous; labyrinthian; valiant; atoning
characterized by great strength
herculean
in or into the middle of a plot
in medias res
an unforgettable epic
OPTIONS: treaty; friendship; saga; loss
saga
his valiant behavior
OPTIONS: strong; cowardly; heroic; calm
cowardly
Sir Ernest Shackleton knew the proposed trip across Antarctica would be ________, but no one expected the extreme levels of danger the 1914-1916 expedition would face.
OPTIONS: atoned; alluded; plundered; perilous
perilous
an enemy, opponent
adversary
to fight, struggle
contend
oust the inhabitants
OPTIONS: expel; invite; feed; house
expel
a sworn adversary
OPTIONS: rival; master; ally; antagonist
ally
The First Amendment __________ that the press shall be free from government interference.
OPTIONS: atones; brandishes; ousts; ordains
ordains
to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
brandish
knowing everything
omniscient
a labyrinth of conflicting information
OPTIONS: file; pile; record; tangle
tangle
can still contend
OPTIONS: supply; fight; yield; grow
yield
During wartime, soldiers in victorious armies often have considered __________ taken from sacked cities to be part of their pay.
OPTIONS: artifices; muses; plunder; labyrinth
plunder
to drive out of a position or place
to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
muse
the matter to which you alluded
OPTIONS: complied; illustrated; applauded; suggested
suggested
ordain punishment
OPTIONS: order; favor; forbid; lessen
forbid
Uncontrollable __________ filled the silent air after the tornado had passed and destroyed the life of the town.
OPTIONS: muses; anguish; artifice; plunder
anguish
to make up for
atone
to refer to casually or indirectly
the artifice she used
OPTIONS: pigment; emotion; ruse; premise
ruse
in a herculean struggle
OPTIONS: timely; discouraging; Lilliputian; colossal
Lilliputian
In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's characters rely on the __________ of a sleeping potion that appears to render a person dead, but the ruse backfires.
OPTIONS: adversary; artifice; atonement; anguish
artifice
to attack from all sides
beset
to make a destructive raid on
harry