ODDS AND ENDS

1. Can you think of a four -syllable word with the stress on the second syllable and the final syllable beginning with "A"? When the "A" has the long sound, the word means "to discuss." When the "A" has the weak vowel sound -the schwa - the word means "on purpose."

2. Do you know what the acronyms POTUS and SCOTUS stand for?

3. Think of a five-letter word that means "by yourself". Drop on letter to get a word with the same meaning. Drop another letter to get another word with the same meaning.

4. Can you think of a word that can be followed by both "rock" and "roll?"

HINT:

4. The word has three letters.

 

Answers:

 

1. DELIBERATE

2. POTUS - President of the United States

    SCOTUS - Supreme Court of the United States

3. ALONE, LONE, ONE

4. BED