Pronoun Practice
In the sentence "Heather heard her heart hasten," the word "her" is this part of speech
Pronoun
To recreate real-world conditions in a controlled environment like a laboratory
Simulate
"Analyze" is the verb form of this adjective
Analytical
Cause-and-effect
The "big hammer" scene in Hidden Figures is an example of this clever literary term
Foreshadowing
In the sentence "Heather heard her heart hasten," the word "Heather" is this part of speech
Antecedent (half credit for "proper noun")
To restrict or suppress information, often for political purposes
Censor
Staid
The sentence "I love four types of cheese: Swiss, cheddar, gouda, and quijote" uses this punctuation mark to introduce its list
Colon
In addition to the one in this category's name, "crafty" and "creative" are two more c-word synonyms for this
Cunning
It's the missing pronoun in the tongue twister "Happy Harold held _____ hamster."
His
Daily Double (and the crowd goes ***ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh***)
This synonym for "analyze" is six letters long and only has three different letters in it
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" is an example of this figure of speech
Idiom
You can't be clever without this four-letter synonym for "perceptive"
Keen
It's the missing pronoun in the sentence "Seven sisters saw five brothers beating _____ chests."
Their
Airline pilots, boat captains, astronauts, and liars all have to do this verb that means "make a controlled or planned movement"
Maneuver
Thanks to Luisa Valenzuela, we know that the perfect censor has to be "alert, attentive, sharp," and this four-letter word that means perceptive or shrewdly astute
Keen
The verb "craft" means "To make something with great care and ability" -- so it follows that a person who does such a thing is called this
Craftsman
You'd need to be clever to be successfully this word, which describes someone who tries to subvert, upset, or overthrow
Subversive
"He" and "She" is to "Their" as "I" is to this pronoun
We
It means "To remove impurities," and begins with the same letter as the verb in that definition
Refine
If you remember that the prefix "sub" means "beneath," you're halfway to getting this adjective, which, translated literally from its Latin origin, means "to turn from beneath"
Subversive
If you're very enthusiastic about and excited for something, you have a lot of this word that begins with the alphabet's last letter
Zeal
Especially clever people never have just one reason for doing something: there are always these kinds of motives
Ulterior