Synonyms
loll on the beach
OPTIONS: loaf; write; play; run
loaf
assuage the pain
OPTIONS: soothe; describe; aggravate; eliminate
aggravate
How many people, Alexa wondered, would be willing to _____ on a real-life mission to Mars, and how long would the space voyage take?
OPTIONS: assuage; embark; regale; loll
embark
offering friendly or generous treatment to guests
hospitable
to trap, catch
snare
of what avail
harm; use; kind; category
use
blanch when you see him
OPTIONS: blush; gasp; faint; shake
blush
The restaurant critic always dines _____ so that she will be treated the same way that ordinary customers are treated.
OPTIONS: insidiously; hospitably; ignobly; incognito
incognito
to go aboard
embark
to remove the color from
blanch
guile in every move
OPTIONS: trickery; contemplation; interest; joy
trickery
saw the rancor
OPTIONS: goodwill; disgust; importance; daring
goodwill
In Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge became a(n) _____ after he lost the woman he loved.
OPTIONS: snare; prodigious; misanthrope; sage
misanthrope
intended to deceive or entrap
insidious
to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it
winnow
resigned to the implacable efforts
OPTIONS: relentless; ineffectual; half-hearted; legitimate
relentless
an insidious movement
OPTIONS: sneaky; frank; exciting; clumsy
frank
The old-timers used to _____ one another around a potbellied stove with wild stories and jokes that never failed to amuse.
OPTIONS: embark; blanch; assuage; avail; regale
regale
to entertain with talk
regale
a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
maelstrom
prodigious strength
OPTIONS: astounding; underestimated; newfound; restrained
astounding
many ignoble aspirations
OPTIONS: dishonorable; meaningless; impossible; lofty
lofty
Facing a(n) _____ increase in the budget, the president was forced to set aside additional funds to pay for the huge change.
OPTIONS: prodigious; entreating; hospitable; regaling
prodigious
to beg, implore, ask earnestly
entreat
unyielding
implacable
muster support
OPTIONS: mobilize; shoot; call; shore
mobilize
guile that she did not expect
OPTIONS: criticism; trickery; candor; accountability
candor
They tried everything they could think of to convince their parents to let them go to the concert, but their efforts were of no _____.
OPTIONS: guile; muster; regale; avail
avail
mean, low, base
ignoble