Second Meanings”
(Using the less-common or alternate part of the word.)
(Using the less-common or alternate part of the word.)
Which sentence uses buoyant in its emotional sense rather than the physical one?
A. The life jacket kept her buoyant.
B. His buoyant mood lifted everyone’s spirits.
C. The balloon was not buoyant enough.
D. The raft remained buoyant after the storm.
B. His buoyant mood lifted everyone’s spirits.
Which word is the most nearly opposite of buoyant (emotionally)?
A. detached
B. tedious
C. clamber
D. unscathed
B. tedious
Which is the correct adjective form of tedium?
A. tediable
B. tedious
C. tediate
D. tediumic
B. tedious
Fathom : Depth :: Probe (VERB): ______
A. surface
B. injury
C. information
D. buoyancy
C — information
Relationship: Function → what it is used to discover
Explanation:
To fathom is to measure or understand depth.
To probe (in the "verb" form) is to understand, investigate, or uncover information.
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Which sentence shows detached used emotionally rather than physically?
A. The trailer detached from the truck.
B. The garage was detached from the house.
C. He seemed detached from the group’s excitement.
D. The buttons detached during the wash.
C. He seemed detached from the group’s excitement.
A probe can be a tool or a verb. Which sentence uses it as a verb?
A. The surgeon held a probe in her hand.
B. The probe detected new data.
C. The journalist probed for the truth.
D. The astronaut repaired the probe.
C. The journalist probed for the truth.
Being unscathed most nearly means you avoided…
A. rupture
B. tedium
C. buoyancy
D. a probe
A. rupture
Which sentence uses pique as a noun?
A. The comment piqued my interest.
B. He turned away in a fit of pique.
C. Don’t let the noise pique you.
D. The lesson piqued their curiosity.
B. He turned away in a fit of pique.
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Fathom : Understand :: Probe : ______
A. ignore
B. clamber
C. investigate
D. rupture
C. investigate
The philosopher said some truths are too deep to _______.
A. fathom
B. rupture
C. buoy
D. detach
A. fathom
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Which sentence uses detach in a figurative sense?
A. Please detach the coupon from the page.
B. The climber detached the rope.
C. She tried to detach herself from the drama.
D. The captain detached the ship from the dock.
C. She tried to detach herself from the drama.
Which word would NOT describe something that has broken or lost integrity?
A. ruptured
B. detached
C. buoyed
D. split
C. buoyed
Which word CANNOT be used as both a noun and a verb?
A. probe
B. pique
C. rupture
D. buoyant
D. buoyant (Buoyant is an adjective only.)
Buoyant : Floating :: Eerie : ______
A. cheerful
B. mysterious
C. spherical
D. detached
Correct: B — mysterious
Relationship: Characteristic or quality
Explanation:
Buoyant describes something having the quality of floating.
Eerie describes something having the quality of being mysterious or uncanny.
The long ceremony created a sense of _______.
A. probe
B. tedium
C. buoyancy
D. sphere
B. tedium
Which example uses submerged metaphorically rather than literally?
A. The toy submarine submerged quickly.
B. She felt submerged in responsibilities.
C. The diver submerged to explore a reef.
D. The log was submerged after heavy rain.
B. She felt submerged in responsibilities.
*DAILY DOUBLE*
Which pair is LEAST related?
A. fathom : understand
B. probe : investigate
C. sphere : shape
D. pique : soothe
D. pique : soothe
Which sentence uses buoy correctly as a verb?
A. The buoy floated near the dock.
B. Good news buoyed their spirits.
C. The buoy was painted red.
D. The buoy flashed its light.
B. Good news buoyed their spirits.
Rupture : Break :: Detach : ______
A. separate
B. lift
C. understand
D. irritate
Correct: A — separate
Relationship: Cause/Effect
Explanation:
To rupture something is to break it.
To detach something is to separate it.
“Her confidence buoyed him” uses buoy to mean…
A. lift emotionally
B. break apart
C. measure depth
D. irritate
A. lift emotionally
Which sentence uses ultimate as a noun?
A. This is the ultimate goal.
B. It was the ultimate experience.
C. They sought the ultimate in comfort.
D. “The ultimate” is what philosophers search for.
D. “The ultimate” is what philosophers search for.
Which word suggests the absence of emotional connection?
A. submerge
B. detached
C. buoy
D. ultimate
B. detached
Which sentence contains the wrong part of speech?
A. The tedium was unbearable.
B. She clambered up the hill.
C. His explanation didn’t fathom.
D. The eerie silence startled them.
C. His explanation didn’t fathom.
(Fathom cannot be used this way; you cannot “fathom” without a direct object- WHAT cannot be fathomed?)
Sphere : Roundness :: Tedium : ______
A. excitement
B. boredom
C. noise
D. water
Correct: B — boredom
Relationship: Characteristic
Explanation:
A sphere is defined by its roundness.
Tedium is defined by boredom.
FINAL JEOPARDY
One word in List 11 can describe:
A physical act of going completely beneath something,
An overwhelming emotional or mental state, and
A process used to hide something from view.
Write the word.
SUBMERGE