Showing posts with label Expand Your Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Expand Your Vocabulary. Show all posts

Sunday, February 2, 2014

EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY II
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Sept/Oct 1981
Ralph Maus

Each of the words in the middle of the lines can be expanded into a longer word by adding letters before and after, one letter per blank. The example shows how OPENS expands into PROPENSITY.

   _ _ OPENS _ _ _
  P R OPENS I T Y

1. _ _ THROB _
2. _ _ _ HOPED _ _
3. _ _ _ RARE _
4. _ _ ORBIT _ _ _
5. _ _ _ MOTHER _ _ _
6. _ THERE _ _
7. _ _ _ BLEST _ _ _
8. _ _ _ _ AURA _ _


HINTS:
The beginning letters of the words are:
1. B
2. O
3. I
4. E
5. C
6. E
7. C
8. R


Answers:

1. BATHROBE
2. ORTHOPEDIC
3. INFRARED
4. EXORBITANT
5. CHEMOTHERARPY
6. ETHEREAL
7. COBBLESTONE
8. RESTAURANT


Sunday, January 19, 2014

EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY I
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Sept./Oct. 1981
Ralph Maus

Each of the words in the middle of the lines below can be expanded into a longer word by adding letters before and after, one letter per blank.The example shows how OPENS expands into PROPENSITY.

  _ _ OPENS _ _ _
  PR OPENS I T Y

1.  _ _ F E L O N _
2.  _ H O L E S _ _ _ _ _
3   _ _ G A M E _ _ 
4.  _ _ M E O W _ _ _
5. _ _ _ D E V I L _ _
6. _ _ _ T U R B A N _ _
7. _ N O R T H _ _ _ _
8. _ _ _ P A G A N _ _

HINTS:
The beginning letters of the words are:
1. L
2. C
3. L
4. H
5. V
6. D
7. U
8. P

Answers:

1. LIFELONG
2. CHOLESTEROL
3. LIGAMENT
4. HOMEOWNER
5. VAUDEVILLE
6. DISTURBANCE
7. UNORTHODOX
8. PROPAGANDA