1. Abridge (v) To make shorter.
Link: a bridge
(A bridge makes
Your trip shorter)
Synonyms:
Shorten, condense,
abbreviate

2. Adherents (n) a follower, supporter; (adj) attached, sticking to
Link: (to add to)
Synonym: disciple, advocate
After using many sticky adherents to tack the pictures to the family tree, the girl realized she forgot to add her aunts.

3. Altercation (n.) an angry argument
I knew I should have picked more responsible friends!
What did I get myself into?
Synonyms:
Quarrel, dispute,
squabble
The bride and groom had
an altercation at the alter
because the best man
forgot the rings.

4. Cherubic (adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face.
Link: Church
Synonyms
Angelic, seraphic,
beatific
The angelic cheerleader had a cherubic face.

5. Condone (v.) to pardon or overlook.
Synonyms:
Ignore, wink at, turn
a blind eye to
Listening to loud music at 3:00 a.m., throwing wild parties, and installing a swimming pool on your balcony is not behavior that is condoned when living in a condo.

6. Dissent (v.) to disagree, (n.) disagreement
Link: to diss
After their dissent about the Cubs and the White Sox Moira dissed Angela by slamming her locker and walking away.
Synonym: differ, dispute

7. Eminent (adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished: projecting
Link: Eminem
Eminem is a rapper that some would consider to be eminent because of his large amount of fans.
Synonyms: illustrious, renowned

8. Exorcise (v.) to drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome
Link: Exorcist
The contestants on the Biggest Loser plan to exorcise their fat cells by exercising.
Synonym: expel, dispel

9. Fabricate (v.) to make, manufacture, or invent
Link: you use fabric to fabricate
I used fabric to fabricate my Halloween costume.
Synonym: put together, devise, contrive, concoct

10. Irate (adj.) angry Link: I HATE…
I’m IRATE because I HATE that my mom made me eat broccoli.
Synonym: incensed, infuriated, enraged,livid

11. Marauder (n.) A raider, plunderer
Link: rauder
The MARAUDER stole a motor boat!
Synonym: looter, pirate freebooter

12. Obesity (n.) Excessive fatness
Link: A big city
There are many tasty restaurants in a big city, dining at them too often may lead to Obesity.
Synonym: seriously overweight, extreme corpulence

13. Pauper (n.) an extremely poor person
Soda pop executives have become paupers after marketing turkey flavored pop.
Synonym: destitute person

14. Pilfer (v.) to steal in small quantities
Some people get a thrill from pilfering from popular stores.
Synonym: filch, rob, swipe, purloin

15. Rift (n.) a split, break, breach
A rift in a raft can lead it to sink!
Synonym: crack, fissure, gap, cleft

16. What is the biggest celebrity rift you can recall?

17. Semblance (n.) A likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
Link: resemblance
There is some semblance between pet owners and their pets. You may have a resemblance to a Chihuahua or a poodle.
Synonym: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade

18. Surmount (v.) to overcome, rise above
Link: Mountain
We surmounted the mountain by making it to the peak in under 12 hours.
Synonym: conquer, triumph over

19. Terminate (v.) to bring to an end
Link: Terminator
The Terminator put an end to the bad guy’s reign of terror. Now, Arnold Schwarzenegger is known as the “Governator.”
Synonym: conclude, finish, discontinue

20. Trite (adj.) commonplace; overused, stale
The word “like” has become trite. It is used far too often as a pause in between statements which is not the word’s intended purpose.
Synonym: banal, hackneyed, corny

21. Usurp (v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right
You work hard to earn a higher level position at the office only to have the position usurped by the boss’s son.
Synonym: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant