Synonyms Practice 11

Handicraft skills are part of the heritage of many persons who live in the mountainous areas of the district.

• patrimony

• lifestyle

• employment

• traditions

• adage

The boy scouts took a long hike on their first morning at camp, which exhausted all of them.

• walk

• horseback ride

• bicycle ride

• swim

• jogging

The movie critic said that the film 007.5, the parody of James Bond movies, was more hilarious than most comedies produced lately.

• very funny

• suspenseful

• realistic

• cumbersome

• extremely foolish

The play was so hilarious that it set all of us to laughing.

• laughable

• solemn

• mournful

• hideous

• melancholy

The president was given no hint regarding the new project.

• indication

• authority

• explanation

• details

• details

The Galapagos Islands are host to a variety of strange creatures.

• guest

• home

• horde

• swarm

• tenant

The Uffizi Palace of Florence houses one of the finest art collections in the world.

• promotes

• contains

• resides

• creates

• boards

After the tremendous improvements in size of recent years, the hugeness of the first computers is almost shocking to us today.

• slowness

• vast size

• ugliness

• primitive appearance

• influence

Most wealthy men of our day are known to have been born in humble homes.

• poverty-stricken

• modest

• promising

• merry

• trouble

I hate people who are idle and do nothing all day.

• patent

• slothful

• futile

• strenuous

• brisk