Course paper english lexicology

Exercise 9. Read the sentence. Decide which word in the box means almost the same as the underlined word. Then write it on the line.

finish	exellent	arrive	thought	reply
wrong	harmful	assist	gorgeous	maintain

________ 1.You don’t have to give them an answer now.

________ 2. She was even more beautiful than I had remembered.
________ 3. Let me know when they come.
________ 4. Some of these prisoners are extremely dangerous.
________ 5. The festival will end with a spectacular laser show.
________ 6. I don’t want to give you any false hopes.
________ 7. The train service is not very good.
________ 8. She helped him choose some new clothes.
________ 9. I knew it was a bad idea to leave him on his own.
________ 10. You won’t be able to keep it secret for ever.