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Examine the 12 words below and determine what popular proverb is represented by them.
| mimic | iris | picnic |
| pilgrim | love | giving |
| love | rigid | icing |
| spirit | vigil | crisis |
The answer is LOVE IS BLIND.
All the words in the table have 2 “eyes” (i’s), except for the word “love”.
A cardinal points and says, “thorn, shout, seat, and stew.” Can you explain?
The sentence is a play on words and anagrams. Thorn, shout, seat, and stew are anagrams of the four cardinal directions of the compass: north, south, east, and west.
What unique feature do the following words share?
FRIEND, FEAST, THERE, THOROUGH, FLIGHT, WONDERFUL, RESIGN, ENDURING, PEST, COVERT
Each of these words contains its antonym as a sub-word:
FRIEND – FIEND, FEAST – FAST, THERE – HERE, THOROUGH – ROUGH, FLIGHT – FIGHT, WONDERFUL – WOEFUL, RESIGN – REIGN, ENDURING – ENDING, PEST – PET, COVERT – OVERT
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