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Vocabulary Challenge 1st CLUE Gerry would pretend he was 13, so he could get into the PG-13 movie. 2nd CLUE bluff trick; fake; pretend Antonyms? Synonyms? He planned to _________ his way into the movie. reveal; tell truth P.O.S. - ? verb The ocean’s water is dingy, dirty and briny. 1st CLUE brackish 2nd CLUE Synonyms? salty; briny Antonyms? bland; unsalated P.O.S. - ? adjective Ocean water is _____________. He measured the _________________. 1st CLUE circumference Synonyms? boundary; rim; around Antonyms? inside; middle P.O.S. - ? noun Harry measured the distance around the orange. 2nd CLUE 1st CLUE headway 2nd CLUE Synonyms? advance; progress forward Antonyms? regress; retreat P.O.S. - ? noun It could not make any __________ as its load was too big. Climbing up the hill with a hotdog on its back, the ant was not making much progress. Newspaper is often used to start a fire. 1st CLUE ignite 2nd CLUE Synonyms? enflame; fire; light up Antonyms? put out; douse; quench P.O.S. - ? verb But you need a match to ___________ it into flames. Rockefeller Center has thousands of lights brightening the scene for the holidays. 1st CLUE illuminate 2nd CLUE Synonyms? light up; lighten Antonyms? blacken; darken P.O.S. - ? verb The holiday lights ____________ the whole area. Tenuously we waited for the approaching storm. 1st CLUE impending 2nd CLUE Synonyms? approaching; coming; nearing P.O.S. - ? adj. Hurricane Sandy was ______________; it was almost upon us. Antonyms? late; distant; remote Matilda’s behavior was disgraceful and unseemly, running up and down the church aisles. 1st CLUE repugnant 2nd CLUE Synonyms? Antonyms? P.O.S. - ? adj. We considered her actions ____________. inoffensive; acceptable abhorrent; awful; gross When the train went off the track everyone thought a bandit had ruined the track. 1st CLUE sabotage 2nd CLUE Synonyms? destruction; demolition; mischief Antonyms? assistance; fix, help P.O.S. - ? noun We all thou