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04 September 2024 19:55

6️⃣

✅ ALL LEVELS: Two words used in the center of an analogy.

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04 September 2024 19:55

5️⃣

✅ HARD: Boat that often carries cargo.
✅ MEDIUM: Large boat.
✅ EASY: A rhyme of large (hint: big type of boat).

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04 September 2024 19:55

4️⃣

✅ HARD: A real snoozefest.
✅ MEDIUM: A homophone of boar (hint: something dull).
✅ EASY: Something that's very uninteresting.

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04 September 2024 19:55

1️⃣

✅ HARD: Scant.
✅ MEDIUM: Not many.
✅ EASY: A small amount.

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04 September 2024 15:50

🔟 Please prune off the thorns on the roses before arranging them.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... off ... > .
TIP: Prune means "to cut off or remove", so off is unnecessary.

☑️ Please prune off the thorns on the roses before arranging them.

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04 September 2024 15:49

8️⃣ After her run, the girl sat down on the bench.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... down ... > .
TIP: Sat means "lowered one's weight into a position resting on one's buttocks", and down means "moving from above onto a surface".

☑️ After her run, the girl sat down on the bench.

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04 September 2024 15:49

6️⃣ They took a photo in front of the Capitol building.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... building > .
TIP: Capitol means the "building in which legislators meet", so building is unnecessary.

☑️ They took a photo in front of the Capitol building .

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04 September 2024 15:49

4️⃣ The professor bored his students with his wordy verbosity.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... wordy ... > .
TIP: Both wordy and verbosity mean "using more words than necessary, so wordy is unnecessary.

☑️ The professor bored his students with his wordy verbosity.

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04 September 2024 15:48

2️⃣ The accident happened because he followed after her car closely.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... after ... > .
TIP: Followed means "came after", so the word after is unnecessary.

☑️ The accident happened because he followed after her car closely.

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04 September 2024 15:48

💠 Brevity (writing) 💠

Benefits➕:
💬 Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
💠 Avoid redundancies in your writing ;
👁 Keep your reader's attention by writing more directly .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentence and remove an unnecessary word(-s) to make the sentence more concise. All or part of the selection can be removed without changing the sentence's meaning.

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03 September 2024 19:36

6️⃣

✅ HARD: Spot that may serve breakfast 24-7.
✅ MEDIUM: Casual, typically American eatery.
✅ EASY: Casual restaurant often serving all-day breakfast.

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03 September 2024 19:36

5️⃣

✅ MEDIUM & HARD: "Hello," in 1-Down.
✅ EASY: "Hello," in Spanish.

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03 September 2024 19:36

1️⃣

✅ HARD: "Can we have a little ____?"
✅ MEDIUM: Chit-____ (brief convo).
✅ EASY: Short discussion.

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03 September 2024 18:35

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Germanic besprecan, meaning "to speak". It eventually came to mean "to request something early", and became associated with customized items.

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03 September 2024 17:40

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Assemble the word.

9️⃣ NOUN: state of being kept or held —

DE — MORPH — IZE
❌ ❌
ANTI — TEN — TION

✅ Answer: n detention .
DE (down or away) + TEN (hold or keep) + TION (action or process of) = DETENTION — state of being kept or held.

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04 September 2024 19:55

5️⃣

✅ HARD: ____ by ____ (gradually).
✅ MEDIUM: Quite a ____ (a significant amount).
✅ EASY: "Just a little ____!"

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04 September 2024 19:55

4️⃣

✅ HARD: Blowout.
✅ MEDIUM: Huge shindig.
✅ EASY: Big party.

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04 September 2024 19:55

1️⃣

✅ HARD: Métier.
✅ MEDIUM: Area of expertise.
✅ EASY: Term for area of expertise hidden in comforter.

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04 September 2024 16:50

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin hereticus, relating to Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary figure associated with alchemy and magic.

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04 September 2024 15:49

9️⃣ The author conducted 200 interviews to write a biography of the life of the reclusive poet.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is either < ... of the life ... > .
TIP: Biography means "the story of a person's life", so of the life is unnecessary.

☑️ The author conducted 200 interviews to write a biography of the life of the reclusive poet.

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04 September 2024 15:49

7️⃣ Each student wrote about a different time period.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) either < ... time ...> or < ... period > .
TIP: Both time and period can refer to a length of minutes, hours, days, years, etc. Either word can be removed from the sentence.

☑️ Each student wrote about a different time period.
OR
☑️ Each student wrote about a different time period.

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04 September 2024 15:49

5️⃣ The added bonus on our trip to Washington, D.C., was seeing the cherry blossoms.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... added ... > .
TIP: Both added and bonus mean something "extra", so the word added is unnecessary.

☑️ The added bonus on our trip to Washington, D.C., was seeing the cherry blossoms.

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04 September 2024 15:49

3️⃣ The coaches vacillated back and forth on which play to call.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ... back and forth ... > .
TIP: Vacillating means "wavering between options", so back and forth is unnecessary.

☑️ The coaches vacillated back and forth on which play to call.

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04 September 2024 15:48

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

1️⃣ The storm event prompted the school to cancel classes.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... event ... > .
TIP: A storm is already an event, so event is unnecessary.

☑️ The storm event prompted the school to cancel classes.

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03 September 2024 19:36

2️⃣

✅ HARD: Shows distress in traffic, in a way.
✅ MEDIUM: Hits the car horn.
✅ EASY: Makes a sound like a horn or a goose.

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03 September 2024 19:36

6️⃣

✅ HARD: Like some crafts or home projects.
✅ MEDIUM: Like some home projects (abbr.).
✅ EASY: Initialism of do it yourself.

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03 September 2024 19:36

1️⃣

✅ HARD: Country home to Valparaíso.
✅ MEDIUM: Skinny South American country on the Pacific.
✅ EASY: Country whose capital is Santiago.

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03 September 2024 19:36

✅ Train your brain: Enjoy a quick mini puzzle packed with learning opportunities!
🧠 Keep your brain active: Expand your vocabulary and discover trivia about language, science, and geography.
🔍 Backed by research: Solving crossword puzzles can improve your cognition, problem-solving, and memory skills.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Solve the crossword.

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03 September 2024 17:40

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Assemble the word.

1️⃣0️⃣ NOUN: practice of one side acting alone —

THERMO — STATIO — GEO — ISM
❌ ❌ ❌
UNI — LATER — AL — LY

✅ Answer: n unilateralism .
UNI (one or singly) + LATER (side or wide) + AL (relating to) + ISM (practice or doctrine) = UNILATERALISM — practice of one side acting alone

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03 September 2024 17:40

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Assemble the word.

8️⃣ ADJECTIVE: without a center or lacking cohesion —

A — CENTR — IC
❌ ❌
TRI — CULP — EE

✅ Answer: adj acentric .
A (not or without) + CENTR (center) + IC (containing) = ACENTRIC — without a center or lacking cohesion.