Synopposites

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Pick two words in each statement.  Find synonyms for each.  The synonyms you choose should be exact opposites of each other.  For example:

The best man split just after giving his toast.          

The best man  left  right  after giving his toast.

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The third grade teacher wasn’t feeling so well after catching a bug from one of her students.

If you desire my opinion on this matter, you must allow me the opportunity to speak.

Watson said, “Mr. Holmes, I simply cannot support this ridiculous façade.

Taking a shot from the whiskey bottle does not become a young lass.

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That's Entertainment

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Rearrange the letters in the words  garb, suit and look  to come up with the last names of two well-known Hungarian men who share the same first name and were born in consecutive years.

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Clear for Takeoff

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Think of a three letter airport code for a city in south Asia.  Change the third letter to name another airport code for a city in the midwestern US.  Insert a Roman numeral between the two codes.  The result will spell a part of the human body.

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Batter Up!

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Rearrange the letters in the word "geraniums" to find a clue to fill in the following series:

O________, C________, P________, Q________, G________

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Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum

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Take the phrase "fusion tea".  You can rearrange the letters to come up with three distinct words.  One word has the opposite meaning of the other two, although the other two words are not necessarily synonyms.  What words are these?

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Found In Translation

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There are many foreign words that are made simply by removing one letter from an English word.  For example, a stylish young woman would be a chic chick.  See if you can come up with the answers to these clues.

Holidays for the sopranos             Spanish

Found on a trike                           Spanish

Giant potato                                 German

Fight over money                          Russian

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Life Is Short

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Shank             Gold Tiara             Cower             Gib

__________ : __________ :: __________ : __________

Rearrange each group of letters and put them in their proper places to make a sensible analogy.

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