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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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11 July 2025 13:47

❗️ Insert 3️⃣ missing commas:

3️⃣ While volcanoes⭕️and mountains may seem similar⭕️they are quite different. Unlike mountains⭕️volcanoes contain⭕️magma⭕️a crater, and lava.

✅ Answer: While volcanoes❌and mountains may seem similar,✔️they are quite different. Unlike mountains,✔️volcanoes contain❌magma,✔️a crater, and lava.

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11 July 2025 13:47

➰ Commas (writing) ➰

Benefits➕:
➿ Improve your understanding of how to use commas correctly ;
✍️ Write more clearly and effectively .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS:
Determine the place where comma is missing.
Madam Secretary [ , ] ✔️ I politely disagree...

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10 July 2025 16:54

4️⃣ He's vacillating back and forth about attending the concert.

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

☑️ He's vacillating back and forth about attending the concert.

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10 July 2025 16:54

2️⃣ She planned to get currency at an ATM machine in the airport.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... machine ... > .
TIP: ATM stands for "automated teller machine", so the word machine is unnecessary.

☑️ She planned to get currency at an ATM machine in the airport.

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10 July 2025 16:53

💠 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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12 July 2025 12:14

🎁 BONUS ROUND

❗️Find the single error in the selection.

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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!

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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.

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11 July 2025 13:47

❗️ Insert 1️⃣ missing comma:

1️⃣ The US Congress the Coinage Act in April⭕️1792⭕️establishing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the site of the country's national mint.

✅ Answer: The US Congress the Coinage Act in April❌1792,✔️establishing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the site of the country's national mint.

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10 July 2025 16:54

5️⃣ We postponed our departure because the snow event caused roads to close.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is < ... event ... > .
TIP: Snow is already an event, so event is unnecessary.

☑️ We postponed our departure because the snow event caused roads to close.

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10 July 2025 16:54

3️⃣ The cacophony of noise coming from the train tracks forced riders to cover their ears.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... of noise ... > .
TIP: A cacophony is "a harsh, noisy sound, so of noise is unnecessary.

☑️ The cacophony of noise coming from the train tracks forced riders to cover their ears.

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10 July 2025 16:53

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

1️⃣ The consensus of opinion favored holding a school fundraiser.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... of opinion ... > .
TIP: Consensus means "a generally accepted opinion", so of opinion is unnecessary.

☑️ The consensus of opinion favored holding a school fundraiser.

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05 May 2025 19:24

✍️ Word of the Day — raze 📎

Etymology
From the Old French raser, meaning to scrape or shave off. This is also the origin for Modern English's razor, a tool used for shaving.

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