Wordly Wise Lesson 2

Find a SYNONYM for each bold word.

They knew they couldn't go without it, but the hikers felt their bottled water was an encumbrance as they headed into the canyon.

• tool

• assistant

• necessity

• burden

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International aid provided sustenance for the families hit hardest by the drought.

• clothing

• transportation

• nourishment

• dessert

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Wuthering Heights is about Heathcliff and Cathy's torrid love for each other.

• passionate

• forbidden

• secret

• happy

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Michele took care to array the food on the plates.

• arrange

• toss

• scatter

• scramble

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The ocean is fraught with dangerous creatures.

• scary

• free

• sparse

• full

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T-shirts featuring the mascot were ubiquitous at home games.

• common

• everywhere

• rare

• annoying

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From the dirty plate in the sink, Katie deduced that Jim had already eaten dinner.

• guessed

• knew

• reasoned

• figured

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Clark was always the laggard on class field trips.

• demonstrator

• leader

• follower

• slowpoke

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Bridget's array of snapshots was fun to browse.

• display

• design

• order

• mess

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Inventors rely on their ingenuity.

• cleverness

• inventiveness

• training

• stupidity