Open-ended - With worked solutions · SET 13

Question 1

Which two words below are closest in meaning? DIP, SATURATE, DRAIN, DOUSE, STAIN, CLOY

Question 2

Fill in the blanks, one letter per blank, to create a common word: ___WAWA_

Question 3

What six-letter word has STRAIGHTFORWARD and COMMAND as meanings?

Question 4

What two words that sound alike but are spelled differently mean MODEST and PURSUED?

Question 5

Which two words below are opposite in meaning? MANLY, DEXTERITY, RESPECTFUL, CLUMSINESS, INCOGNITO, WATCHFUL

Question 6

What phrase is represented by the following? Hint: New attitude. (EARTH)

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Question 7

What two words that sound alike but are spelled differently mean VERGE and GROANED?

Question 8

What four-letter word can follow the first word and precede the second to make two new words or phrases? PATCH, WEEK

Question 9

Start at any letter and move from square to square horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally, to spell out a 12-letter word. You must provide the missing letters.

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Question 10

Take one letter, in order, from each of the antonyms of SEVERE given below to form another antonym. TRACTABLE, GENIAL, EASY, MANAGEABLE, GENTLE, COMPASSIONATE, LENIENT

Question 11

The letters below represent a phrase where the initial letters of each word and the spaces have been removed. What is the phrase? POATE

Question 12

Which two words below are opposite in meaning? PENITENT, ASTRINGENT, SALUBRIOUS, SEPARATING, PURPOSEFUL, TRIUMPHANT

Question 13

What five-letter word has BANTER and HUSKS as meanings?

Question 14

Fill in the blanks to make two words that are synonyms. The words spiral around the circle, one reading clockwise, the other reading counterclockwise.

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Question 15

Combine two of the three-letter bits below to make a wrestling hold. HEA, ARM, LOK, SON, LOC, NEL

Question 16

Which two words below are closest in meaning? CIRRUS, PENINSULAR, COL, SAND BAR, DEPRESSION, MISTRAL

Each of the nine squares in the grid marked from 1A to 3C should incorporate all of the lines and symbols that are in the squares of the same letter and number at the top and on the left. Which one square is incorrect?

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Question 18

Fill in the blanks to make two words that are synonyms. The words spiral around the circle, one reading clockwise, the other reading counterclockwise.

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Question 19

What numbers should logically replace the question marks? (The third box has a top and a bottom number missing.)

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Question 20

RUDE TAVERN is an anagram of what 10-letter word?