d in, there was a noisy ____. I have
seen all sorts of ____, from a trivial childish ____ to a grim ____ of
mountaineers.

<Raise, lift, heave, hoist, erect, rear, elevate, exalt, enhance.>

_Sentences:_ Let the Lord be ____. "As some tall cliff that ____ its
awful form." Because of this success his reputation was ____. The horse
____ when the machine began to ____ the huge block of stone by means of a
crane. "I will ____ up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my
help." The load was too heavy for him to carry; in fact he just managed to
____ it into the wagon.

<Relinquish, waive, renounce, surrender, forego, resign, abdicate.>

_Sentences:_ The defense ____ objection to the first of these points.
The refugee was willing to ____ his right to resist extradition. The
teacher ____ her position at the end of the year. The king ____ when the
people rose in revolt. He ____ his command of the army. Do you ____ your
claim in this mine? The bankrupt ____ his property to the receiver to help
pay his debts.

<Renounce, abjure, forswear, recant, retract, repudiate>.

_Sentences_: He ____ the statement. Thereupon Henry Esmond ____ his
allegiance to the House of Stuart. It is a serious matter for a government
to ____ its debts. Did the heretic ____? Do you ____ the devil and all his
works? "The wounded gladiator ____ all fighting, but soon forgetting his
former wounds resumes his arms." He had broken his solemn oath; he was
____.

<Reprove, rebuke, reprimand, admonish, chide, upbraid, reproach, scold,
rate, berate>.

_Sentences_: "He ____ their wanderings but relieved their pain."
"Many a time and oft In the Rialto you have ____ me About my moneys and my
usances." They ____ the man who had taken the savings of the poor, and
____ him against such schemes thereafter. The general ____ his
subordinate.

<Robber, bandit, brigand, ladrone, desperado, buccaneer, freebooter,
pirate, corsair, raider, burglar, footpad, highwayman, depredator,
spoiler, despoiler, forager, pillager, plunderer, marauder, myrmimdon>.
(With this group compare the _Steal_ group, below.)

_Sentences_: Every boy has his period of wanting to be a ____.
_Treasure Island is_ one of the best ____ stories ever written.
The ____ lurks in dark passageways and steals upon his victim. The fierce
followers of Achilles were called ____. The men sent out by the army as
____ seemed to the people of the countryside more like ____. The fearless
____ h