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 |
Answer:
REVOKE
Thanks to email correspondent Peter Castine for this one. I had a
solution I wasn't too happy about (E, R, M, O, E, V: "Remove")
because it depended on "milt" which isn't a very common word --
the dictionary lists it as either a variant of "melt" or the secretion of
the male reproductive glands of fish, used in breeding. Peter came
to my rescue, suggesting "K" where I had "M" (E, R, K,
O, E, V: "Revoke") which is better because KILT and KIND are
more common words, and "Revoke" is a good synonym of
"Cancel".
| OMIT |
E |
SAVE |
|
EMIT |
EAVE |
| DEVOLVE |
R |
DEBATE |
|
REVOLVE |
REBATE |
| SILT |
K |
RIND |
|
KILT |
KIND |
| AVERT |
O |
ALIVE |
|
OVERT |
OLIVE |
| PLATE |
E |
WAGER |
|
ELATE |
EAGER |
| LENT |
V |
PALE |
|
VENT |
VALE |
|
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