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13 July 2025 12:33

✍️ Word of the Day — tantalizing 📎

Etymology
From the Greek Tantalos, a mythical king who was tormented in the afterlife by being given food and drink he was unable to reach.

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12 July 2025 19:33

7️⃣

✅ MEDIUM & HARD: What a lightbulb often represents.
✅ EASY: What an inventor might have.

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12 July 2025 19:33

6️⃣

✅ HARD: Where the traditional dress is a hanbok.
✅ MEDIUM: Country home to Busan.
✅ EASY: Country with a capital of Seoul.

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12 July 2025 19:33

4️⃣

✅ HARD: Give one the willies.
✅ MEDIUM: "You really gave ne a ______ !"
✅ EASY: Anagram of races (hint: to terrify).

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12 July 2025 19:33

1️⃣

✅ HARD: ____-relief.
✅ EASY & MEDIUM: ____-relief (shallow sculpture).

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12 July 2025 14:23

✍️ Word of the Day — sobriquet 📎

Etymology
From the French word sobriquet of the same meaning.

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12 July 2025 12:13

ROUND 3 OF 3. EXTRA & MISSING WORDS

📝 Info: Read the passage aloud to identify extra or missing words. You are more likely to hear errors than you are to catch them during a silent read.

✍️ Example: In addition✖️(to✔️) his pioneering work on on ✖️(1 on✔️) photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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0 of 4 found.

Early humans insulated their feet from cold, but scientists think footwear became common about 30,000 years ago. The earliest surviving sandal, made of by rope, was discovered in 1938 in central Oregon and and dates from 10,000 years ago.

The oldest leather shoe was found in by a cave in Armenia in 2010 and dates to 5,500 years ago. At least 2,000 years ago, Romans had established shoe guilds. Shoes also began to be designed specifically for each foot, and men's and and women's varieties came into fashion.

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12 July 2025 12:13

ROUND 1️⃣ OF 3️⃣. CAPITALIZATION, QUESTION MARKS & PERIODS

📝 Info: Focus on a single sentence at a time. Make sure that it begins with a capitalized word and ends with proper punctuation.

Example: In addition to his pioneering work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote ✖️Inoculation (inoculation ✔️) against smallpox ✖️(smallpox. ✔️)

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0 of 4 found.

Early humans insulated their feet from cold, but Scientists think footwear became common about 30,000 years ago. The earliest surviving sandal, made of rope, was discovered in 1938 in central Oregon and dates from 10,000 years ago.

The oldest leather shoe was found in a Cave in Armenia in 2010 and dates to 5,500 years ago. At least 2,000 years ago, Romans had established shoe guilds Shoes also began to be designed specifically for each foot, and men's and women's varieties came into Fashion.

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11 July 2025 18:51

3️⃣

✅ HARD: Borscht vegetables.
✅ MEDIUM: Red of golden root vegetables.
✅ EASY: A homophone of beats (hint: some root vegetables).

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11 July 2025 18:51

2️⃣

✅ HARD: Character who said, "Did my heart love till now?"
✅ MEDIUM: Figure known for being romantic.
✅ EASY: Shakespearean partner of Juliet.

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11 July 2025 18:51

4️⃣

✅ HARD: "____ bother?"
✅ MEDIUM: "What's the point?"
✅ EASY: Who, what, where, when, and ____ .

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11 July 2025 18:51

1️⃣

✅ HARD: Heckled, in a way.
✅ MEDIUM: Showed displeasure, as a crowd would.
✅ EASY: Antonym of cheered.

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11 July 2025 18:51

✅ 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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11 July 2025 14:44

✍️ Word of the Day — gumption 📎

Etymology
Possibly from the Middle English gome, meaning attention or care. The word evolved to mean courage or confidence.

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11 July 2025 13:48

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas:

4️⃣ "Please remain seated⭕️with your seatbelts securely fastened⭕️" instructed the pilot."If you're using an electronic⭕️device⭕️turn it off⭕️as we begin our descent."

✅ Answer: "Please remain seated❌with your seatbelts securely fastened,✔️" instructed the pilot."If you're using an electronic❌device,✔️turn it off❌as we begin our descent."

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13 July 2025 11:20

📝 Expression (writing) 📝

Benefits➕:
💬🆒 Master tricky everyday phrases and sayings ;
📝✔️ Learn to avoid errors in your writing .

❗️ INSTRUCTIONS: Determine if the sentences contain a properly or improperly used expression by choosing ERROR or VALID.

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12 July 2025 19:33

5️⃣

✅ HARD: Word after cheat or color-.
✅ MEDIUM: Word after secret or source.
✅ EASY: It's used to write secret messages.

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12 July 2025 19:33

4️⃣

✅ HARD: Milk option.
✅ MEDIUM: Nonfat milk option.
✅ EASY: Type of milk hidden in disk image.

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12 July 2025 19:33

1️⃣

✅ HARD: Exposed.
✅ MEDIUM: ______ it all (exposed one's feelings).
✅ EASY: ______ one's teeth (showed aggression).

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12 July 2025 15:15

💪 Exercise of the Day 💪

ℹ️ Learn sport vocabulary as you do them!

Darebee

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12 July 2025 12:14

🎁 BONUS ROUND

❗️Find the single error in the selection.

0 of 1 found

Running Shoes were first introduced around 1865 in Northampton, England. They looked like dress shoes and were made of lightweight leather affixed with spikes on the bottom.

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12 July 2025 12:13

ROUND 2 OF 3. MISSPELLINGS & TYPOS

📝 Info: Read the passage looking for spelling errors and words that may be spelled correctly but used incorrectly (to vs. too). Then, look for misspellings by reading the passage backwards so that you can see each word individually rather than as a group.

Example: In addition to his pionering✖️(pioneering✔️) work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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Early humans insulated there feat from cold, but scientists think footwear became common about 30,000 years ago. The earliest surviving sandal, made of rope, was discovered in 1938 in central Oregon and dates form 10,000 years ago.

The oldest leather shoe was found in a cave in Armenia in 2010 and dates to 5,500 years ago. At least 2,000 years ago, Romans had established shoe guilds. Shoes also began to be designed specifically for each foot, adn men's and women's varieties came into fashion.

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12 July 2025 12:11

📖 Detail (writing) 📖

Benefits➕:
🔍 Quickly spot mistakes and typos in your writing ;
✔️ Identify problems that spell-check won't catch .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the passage and select all the errors. Each round focuses on a different type of error:

ROUND 1. CAPITALIZATION, QUESTION MARKS & PERIODS ;
ROUND 2. MISSPELLINGS & TYPOS ;
ROUND 3. EXTRA & MISSING WORDS .

‼️ To make most of this game, try giving yourself 45 seconds to identify mistakes for each round. 15 secs for bonus round.
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11 July 2025 18:51

7️⃣

✅ HARD & MEDIUM: Colloquial term for throws forcefully.
✅ EASY: A rhyme of meets (hint: throws forcefully).

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11 July 2025 18:51

6️⃣

✅ HARD: Hit out of the park, literally.
✅ MEDIUM: Big hit in baseball.
✅ EASY: Casual shortening of home run.

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11 July 2025 18:51

4️⃣

✅ HARD: What 2-Down did to Juliet.
✅ MEDIUM: Won someone over, as a 2-Down might.
✅ EASY: Tried to win over a lover.

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11 July 2025 18:51

1️⃣

✅ HARD & MEDIUM: Texter's "Just a sec".
✅ EASY: Abbr. of be right back.

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11 July 2025 16:54

💪 Exercise of the Day 💪

ℹ️ Learn sport vocabulary as you do them!

Darebee

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11 July 2025 13:48

❗️ Insert 3️⃣ missing commas:

5️⃣Longyerbyen⭕️Norway⭕️located on the Svalbard archipelago⭕️and sometimes called the world's northernmost settlement⭕️was actually founded in 1906 by American John Longyear.

✅ Answer: Longyerbyen,✔️Norway,✔️located on the Svalbard archipelago❌and sometimes called the world's northernmost settlement,✔️was actually founded in 1906 by American John Longyear.

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11 July 2025 13:48

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas:

2️⃣ Born Araminta Ross⭕️Harriet Tubman led some 300 enslaved people to freedom⭕️via the Underground Railroad. Notably⭕️she even helped free her parents⭕️and siblings in 1860.

✅ Answer: Born Araminta Ross,✔️Harriet Tubman led some 300 enslaved people to freedom❌via the Underground Railroad. Notably,✔️she even helped free her parents❌and siblings in 1860.