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SOUNDS LIKE TENNIS
5-SYLLABLE WORDS
VERBS
A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES
100

You are so cool, pristine & full of energy, you're like this biggest U.S. state

Alaska

100

Ambrose Bierce defined it as "a temporary insanity curable by marriage

love

100

A loss in value due to age, wear or market conditions

depreciation

100

It can mean to fish by towing lures behind a boat, or to make intentional upsetting remarks online to elicit a response

troll

100

A horse may win a close race by a head or by this part of a head, sometimes literally

a nose

200

You are so solid, some call you one of these, a heavy object attached to a rope that holds a boat in plac

an anchor

200

Spot for a potential earthquake

a fault

200

 New York City's Hayden, for one

planetarium

200

When you lie in court under oath, you do this to "yourself"

perjure

200

The Kentucky Derby is run the first Saturday in May at this Louisville racetrack

Churchill Downs

300

No one gets to you; your skin is as thick as one of these large reptiles similar to a crocodile

an alligator

300

The money you net from an investment

a return

300

It's the process of verifying yourself in order to use a computer system; some might require "2 factor"

authentication

300

To squeeze uncomfortably, like certain snakes or like too tight shoes on your feet

constrict

300

According to his 1989 obituary, this racing legend was survived by more than 300 sons & daughter

Secretariat

400

Your voice carries so well, you're known as this, like what a guitar is plugged into

an amp (or amplifier)

400

In blackjack it can have one of 2 different values

ace

400

It regulates body temperature & other autonomic activities

the hypothalamus

400

To speak distinctly & clearly; it can also mean to unite by means of a joint

articulate

400

Male or female, single or not, it's the term for a horse that has never won a race

a maiden

500

You are so smart, your brillance matches that of this ancient philosopher who was a student of Plato

Aristotle

500

The operating expenses of running a business

overhead

500

A thing to be hated & cursed, like a graven image & its gold per Deuteronomy 7:25

an abomination

500

From Latin for "wave", it means to move in waves or ripples

undulate

500

You can cash in big if you correctly pick the first 3 finishers in a race in exact order in this type of bet

a trifecta