Vocabulary Challenge. 1 st CLUE Nelson was Tina’s _________ in the chess match. She was the only...

Vocabulary Challenge

1st CLUENelson was Tina’s _________ in the chess

match. She was the only opponent that could possibly beat him at the game.

2nd CLUE

adversary

Synonym: opponent

Antonym: friend

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Jerry had such _______ during the spelling bee; he never once lost his cool.

1st CLUE

aplomb

2nd CLUE

Synonym: self-confident

Antonym: unsure; shy

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1st CLUEAs the dark sky surrounded us we became ____________ of hurricane Sandy’s approach.

2nd CLUE

apprehensive

Synonym: anxious or fearful

Antonym: calm

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1st CLUEWhen the bouquet of flowers arrived in the room, a lovely ____________ emanated throughout the room. We smelled it instantly.

2nd CLUE

fragrance

Synonym: sweet scent; aroma

Antonym: stench; stink

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1st CLUEThe fox gazed around the barnyard with a ________ look before he darted into the hen house.

2nd CLUE

furtive

Synonym: sneaky

Antonym: honest; truthful

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1st CLUEScraping the gum off of the one hundred desks was a _______ job. My arms and wrists began to hurt by noon.

2nd CLUE

grueling

Synonym: difficult; hard

Antonym: easy

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1st CLUE

With the Mars landing of Curiosity this past summer, the _________ in your lifetime to put a man on Mars now exists.

2nd CLUE

potential

Synonym: possibility

Antonym: helpless; unpromising

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1st CLUENathan was on the ___________ of the waterfall before he got hold of the tree to pull himself back from the edge.

2nd CLUE

precipice

Synonym: cliff; ledge

1st CLUE

A surgeon must have a _______ table of surgical tools to ensure he does not infect his patient during an operation.

2nd CLUE

pristine

Synonym: very clean; untouched

Antonym: stained; soiled

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