Synonyms
combatant in the skirmish
OPTIONS: soldier; medic; commander; coward
soldier
a barren field
OPTIONS: flooded; huge; fertile; beautiful
fertile
Many young people join the army today not to take the traditional job of a ________ but to work in high-tech fields where they will never fire a gun.
OPTIONS: oracle; scourge; flotsam; combatant
combatant
of or like a mother
maternal
floating debris
flotsam
a completely barren franchise
OPTIONS: unproductive; suspicious; successful; profitable
unproductive
he declared his animosity
OPTIONS: fondness; rancor; boredom; perplexity
fondness
In numerous cultures, the couple at a wedding ceremony vow to _________ to each other whatever may happen.
OPTIONS: cleave; sojourn; revel; emancipate
cleave
to free from slavery
emancipate
to separate, divide into parts
sever
sojourn at the lake
OPTIONS: stay for a time; permanently commit; evade; look for friendship
stay for a time
wanted to revel
OPTIONS: celebrate; compliment; loathe; carouse
loathe
The sheriff had to produce a copy of the court's ________ in order to enforce the legal eviction.
OPTIONS: gallantry; animosity; decree; scourge
decree
strong dislike
animosity
someone or something that can predict the future
oracle
ironic development
OPTIONS: debatable; incongruous; vital; suggestive
incongruous
emancipate the rabbit
OPTIONS: free; snare; eat; feed
snare
The Old English poem Beowulf is in part the story of the monster Grendel, who is ______ of all companionship and jealous of the love and laughter of humans.
OPTIONS: meted; bereft; reveled; decreed
bereft
deprived of
bereft
a wild celebration
revel
retribution that was long in coming
OPTIONS: liberation; decision; revelation; recompense
recompense
called the invaders a scourge
OPTIONS: godsend; menace; herd of swine; threatening
godsend
A warrior code of ________ demanded that Prussian officers charge courageously at the head of their battalions.
OPTIONS: animosity; gallantry; irony; scourge
gallantry
to cut up OR to cling to
cleave
shameless, impudent
brazen
a brazen move
OPTIONS: self-effacing; suspicious; surprising; corrupt
self-effacing
After decades of struggling, the musician finally had a hit record, and he ________ in every sold-out concert and every fawning fan.
OPTIONS: cleaved; meted; decreed; reveled
reveled
to distribute or apportion as if by measure
mete
sly, shrewd, cunning
wily