SHROUDED SYNONYMS I

GAMES Magazine

September, 2013

George Bredehorn

 

Each sentence below contains a pair of synonyms, but it'll take some work to find them. The letter sequences of the hidden words remain intact, but they can be hard to pick out because of spacing, punctuation, etc. Some of the hidden synonyms can be found entirely within a word in the sentence, while others bridge the gap(s) between two or more words. 

 

Example: Can cell phones ever evoke a sense of nostalgia for simpler times? 

1. Does that factory make clothes, pianos, or widgets?

2. For grandiose architecture, see Kenya's Great Palace.

3. Do not, I certainly advise, let Bob serve dinner.

4. Can cheerful music kill a bad mood?

5. The story took place on a dismally cold night in Yugoslavia.

6. Sheila's sister, Ethel, poured the champagne. 

7. "That tempting pastry is just calling my name," Said Ted.

8. Some simple mental exercises were given to older patients.

9. We are ourselves selfish; I pledged only a dollar to the fund-raising drive.

10. Was Davy Crockett the first one to wear coonskin caps?

Answers:

 

1. factory - clothes, pianos 

 

2. grandiose architecture - see Kenya's

 

3.  not, I certainly - Bob serve 

4. music kill

 

5. dismally - night in Yugoslavia

6. Sheila's sister - Ethel, poured

 

7. "That tempting - pastry

 

8. simple mental - exercises 

 

9. ourselves selfish; I pledged 

 

10. Crockett - first one