LETTER "A"
approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at, obtain
ACCESS
) to mislead by a trick, deceive
SYNONYMS: dupe, put one over on
HOODWINK
to attack with words, call bad names
SYNONYMS: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce
REVILE
(n.) theft
SYNONYMS: stealing, robbery, burglary
LARCENY
THE LEADING SCORER IN ALL WORLD CUPS:
MIROSLAV KLOSE OR RONALDO?
MIROSLAV KLOSE
) to run off and hide
SYNONYMS: bolt, make off, skip town
ABSCOND
determined in advance by destiny or fortune
SYNONYMS: destined, preordained, doomed
FATED
a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement
SYNONYMS: (n.) stay, respite; (v.) postpone, delay
REPRIEVE
(v.) to burn to ashes
SYNONYMS: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes
INCINERATE
THIS TEAM WON IN 1986 WITH THE HELP OF THE 'MANO DE ORO' BY THE LATE GREAT DIEGO MARADONA.
ARGENTINA
(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort
SYNONYMS: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing
ARDUOUS
to free from tangles or complications
SYNONYMS: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl
DISENTANGLE
(v.) to make right, correct
SYNONYMS: remedy, set right
RECTIFY
(adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit
SYNONYMS: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless
INANIMATE
THIS TEAM HAS THE WON THE WORLD CUP THE MOST, WITH 5 WINS !
BRAZIL
lack of government and law; confusion
SYNONYMS: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium
ANARCHY
to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
SYNONYMS: dismay, cow
DAUNT
(adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
SYNONYMS: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic
POMPOUS
(adj.) bending readily; easily influenced
SYNONYMS: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic
PLIANT
THIS TEAM WON THE 2018 WORLD CUP WITH A BIG WIN OVER CROATIA
FRANCE
favorable; fortunate
SYNONYMS: promising, encouraging, propitious
AUSPICIOUS
favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
SYNONYMS: unfair, partial, bigoted
BIASED
(n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
SYNONYMS: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge
PRECIPICE
(adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable
SYNONYMS: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring
INTREPID
THE 2014 WORLD CUP WAS WON BY A TEAM THAT SMASHED BOTH BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA
WHAT TEAM WAS THIS?
GERMANY