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Study this list of words and commit them to memory. When you are ready, hide the list and see how many you can recall.
IChocolate. IICushion. IIILamp. IVTablet. VSofa. VITelevision.
Variations: See if you can mentally put these words into A to Z order. How many can you work into a single sentence?
Based on a game in Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling.
Words that indicate the ‘essence’ of something often use suffixes, e.g. leader → leadership, supreme → supremacy, and so on. Suggest at least three nouns of this sort for each suffix below:
I-SHIP. II-CY. III-TUDE. IV-TY.
IAuthorship, Courtship, Scholarship. IIBankruptcy, Candidacy, Constancy. IIICertitude, Fortitude, Magnitude. IVFrailty, Normality, Purity.
Based on Straightforward English (1949) by NL Clay.
Express each of these ideas with a single word. Don’t be satisfied with the first word you think of: think of several, and choose the best.
IThickness or thinness of a liquid. IIMedicated cloth or pad applied to a wound or sore. IIILine of flight of a projectile such as a bullet or arrow. IVLong, open channel of flowing water. VPleasant smell. VISudden violent rush of wind.
Consistency. Dressing. Fragrance. Gust. Path. Poultice. River. Scent. Squall. Stream. Trajectory. Viscosity.
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