Synonyms

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Cold rain fell all day, making it a DISMAL Saturday afternoon.

• shining

• gloomy

• soggy

• red

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The country cottage was just outside the QUAINT and beautiful town.

• ruined

• running

• charming

• suitable

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The lost campers SWELTERED in the heat of the desert sun.

• sunbathed

• ate

• burned

• slept

I DETECTED some sarcasm in your voice. Are you upset?

What is the synonym of DETECTED?

• noticed

• answered

• upset

• annoyed

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Congress put a TARIFF on overseas goods so the price would not be lower than domestic products.

• tax

• price

• stamp

• prohibition

It is UNORTHODOX for a girl to ask a boy for a dance.

• friendly

• acceptable

• unacceptable

• embarrassing

Phyllis has won the spelling bee again. She excels in ORTHOGRAPHY.

• spelling

• mathematics

• numerics

• atristry

The GENESIS of the motor vehicle came about many years ago.

• design

• accident

• colour

• creation

A person who can't help taking things belonging to others is a KLEPTOMANIAC

• shrewd

• thief

• thinker

• maniac

The Smiths were arrested and charged as the pieces of jewelry that they were selling were not AUTHENTIC.

• artificial

• fake

• platinum

• genuine