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Academic Decathlon 2004 State Championship Logic Quiz

Question 16: Hidden Word

Change the first letter of each word to the left and right of the blank space. Two other English words must be found. Write the letter you used in the blank space. When this has been completed for all the words, the letters in the blank spaces (when ordered properly) will spell a synonym of CANCEL. What is this word?

EXAMPLE

GEL E   FAST EEL EAST

TRAVEL G   BRUNT GRAVEL GRUNT

VALID P   GRIME PALID PRIME

OMIT	SAVE	MIT	AVE
DEVOLVE	DEBATE	EVOLVE	EBATE
SILT	RIND	ILT	IND
AVERT	ALIVE	VERT	LIVE
PLATE	WAGER	LATE	AGER
LENT	PALE	ENT	ALE

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