Try this if you like words! ;)
FOR each set of three words below, find a rhyme for the second and third words so that you get three words (including the italicised word, which rhymes with the first word) that are synonyms of each other.
Example: dry, keep, lob > cry, weep, sob.
1. invent, upset, sue > repent, ____, ____
2. appeal, destined, provoke > repeal, ____, ____
3. event, cinder, stampede > prevent, ____, ____
4. chalice, gate, write > malice, ____, ____
5. tarnish, acorn, operate > garnish, ____, ____
6. revel, brat, Stephen > level, ____, ____
7. obsess, late, amaze > assess, ____, ____
8. prepare, match, send > repair, ____, ____
9. resist, control, banister > enlist, ____, ____
10. fierce, thrill, score > pierce, ____, ____
11. deal, lure, implore > heal, ____, ____
12. withstand, dwell, release > expand, ____, ____
13. connect, hard, yield > protect, ____, ____
14. inept, guild, efficient > adept, ____, ____
15. grow, curl, cling > throw, ____, ____
16. reap, disrupt, clear > steep, ____, ____
17. reside, acerbate, stain > subside, ____, ____
18. stealthy, lonesome, frail > healthy, ____, ____
19. slither, swivel, lilt > wither, ____, ____
20. floral, broken, herbal > oral, ____, ____
Answers:
1.regret, rue 2.rescind, revoke 3.hinder, impede 4.hate, spite 5.adorn, decorate
6.flat, even 7.rate, appraise 8.patch, mend 9.enrol, register 10.drill, bore
11.cure, restore 12.swell, increase 13.guard, shield 14.skilled, proficient
15.hurl, fling 16.abrupt, sheer 17.abate, wane 18.wholesome, hale 19.shrivel, wilt 20.spoken, verbal
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the Star. Don't mind the italics in the answers, they're the ones I couldn't find, I put them for my future reference.
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