Question

Read the sentence.

Jon’s mother rebuked him for not cleaning his room as she had asked him to do several times.

Which two words have a similar denotation to the word rebuked as it is used in the sentence?

reproach
redeem
reprimand
retract
reinforce

Answer 1

thoughts?

notice how Jon has disobeyed his mother, which means she's probably not happy about it. thus, rebuked probably means something along the lines of criticize or punish.

now, looking at the words, which 2 are the most similar in meaning to this idea? if you are still unsure, please look up the definitions of these words.