MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY
CONTRONYMS
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FURNITURE
200

These 2 rivers meet north of the city of Basra

Tigris and Euphrates

200

This adjective describes both something that moves quickly & something that doesn't move at all

Fast

200

Known as the guardian of the Underworld, this three-headed dog is famous for preventing the dead from leaving

Cerberus

200

Jelly Belly makes a jelly bean that tastes like this candy--the black kind, not the red

Licorice

200


This type of low bed has casters so that it can be rolled under another bed for storage

Trundle

400

The island of Socotra, 200 miles south of the coast, is part of this Arabian Peninsula nation

Yemen

400

To hide by blocking, or to show by projecting

Screen

400

Cygnus, king of Liguria, dove into a river & was transformed into this bird

Swan

400

Thomas Jefferson was an early fan of this ice cream flavor, making his own with bean pods from France

Vanilla

400

A favorite material in America's federal period was this reddish-brown hardwood, often the Honduras type

Mahogany

600

This country's provinces include Nabatiyeh & Beqaa

Lebanon

600

It can mean to attach something, like with a clasp, or to detach something, like coupons

Clip

600

In Norse mythology, a boar named Saehrimnir was always the main course at this banquet hall

Valhalla

600

It's an okay name for a small fruit pastry, but not for a girl at the bar

Tart

600


Useful little end tables & coffee tables are also called these "tables", so they may talk like foreigners

Accent tables

800

The Omani peninsula of Musandam juts into this strait, an important route for oil tankers

Strait of Hormuz

800

To bless an action by decree, or to ban an action by decree

Sanction

800

What a life! These creatures with goats' horns, hooves & tails spent their time drinking & chasing nymphs

Satyrs

800

 An adjective for stale milk, or a verb meaning to become disenchanted with something

Soured

800

This French-named style of furniture that was "new" around 1900 was characterized by the graceful whiplash curve

Art Nouveau

1000

This 5,137 meters peak is a dormant volcano in eastern Turkey, famously associated with the biblical story of Noah's Ark, which is said to have come to rest on its slopes

Mount Ararat

1000

To split a diamond with a sharp instrument, or to cling to someone very closely

Cleave

1000

This falcon god was represented by a peregrine falcon's eye & the markings around it

Horus

1000

For baking, you can buy a purple extract that tastes like this purple yam from the Philippines

Ube

1000

French for "shelf", it's an open-shelved piece of furniture for displaying knickknacks

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