Vocabulary Builder, Matt White.

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Climax - Climacteric and crowning point

Criticize - Bash and come down on

Defeat - KO and licking

Destroy - Annihilate and butcher

Reveal - Admit and avow

Salute - Accost and bow

Silent - Bashful and checked

Wrangle - Altercation and battle royal

Thwart - Baffle and beat

Wreck - Crash and debacle

Plethora - Deluge and flood

Rape - Ransack and spoliate

Gang - Band and bunch

Vocabulary Builder, Susan Eder

Activity 5: SYNONYMS

1. Aquire (get) obtain, attain



2. Answer (reply) respond, retort



3. Attempt (try) stab, effort



4. Climax (peak) culmination, highlight



5. Confess (admit) acknowledge, declare



6. Destroy (raze) obliterate, demolish



7. Inform (tell) notify, enlighten



8. Resign (quit) leave, give-up



9. Reveal (tell) divulge, expose



10. Wreck (raze) ruin, smash
    

Valiant, brave, gallant, noble

Reckless, careless, uncontrolled, hasty

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