WHATS THE GOOD WORD Prelims

WHATS THE GOOD WORD Prelims

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  ETYS, REBUSES ANDA FEW SMOKING ANAGRAMS WHAT’S THE GOOD WORD |ks|sabi| Winter is coming Team Name : Team Members : 1) 2) 3) Contact Number : RULES : 1. No additional sheets will be provided. 2. This is not creative writing. Just give us the ‘good’ word. 3. Do not Ctrl C + Ctrl V. Most likely, the team next to you is wrong. 4. All team members must be human. Mobile browsers and dictionaries are not. 5. If you can read this, your eyesight is good. 6. Six is our favourite number. Hence this rule. ETYMOLOGIES 1) The term originated in Britain under the reign of King Henry I. It is derived from the cloth divided in squares, similar to a chess board, which was placed over a table to assist in the counting of sums owed to the crown. The present meaning is the funds of a government, institution or individual. Give the good word. 2) X is a French term used in English as a noun or adjective to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics. X represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo, primarily in the cultural realm. The term was originally used to describe the foremost part of an army advancing into
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  battle and isnow applied to any group, particularly of artists, that considers itself innovative and ahead of the majority. ID this term. 3) The origin of this word traces back to the Bible, in a parable told by Jesus mentioned in one of the Canonical Gospels of the New Testament. According to the Gospel of Luke (10:29-37), a traveller (of Jewish faith) is beaten, robbed, and left half dead along the road. First a priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a X comes by. X and Jews generally despised each other, but the X helps the injured man. This meaning has stuck on and to this day X is generally used to refer to a person who is very kind, helpful and generous. ID X. 4) The word X is derived from Old French for,store-keeper. X is a historical name for a professional who formulates and dispenses "materia medica" to physicians, surgeons and patients — a role now served by a pharmacist (or a chemist or dispensing chemist) and some caregivers. In addition to pharmacy responsibilities, the X offered general medical advice and a range of services that are now performed solely by other specialist practitioners, such as surgery and midwifery. X’s often operated through a retail shop which, in addition to ingredients for medicines, sold tobacco and patent medicines. In its investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients, the work of an X may be regarded as a precursor of the modern sciences of chemistry and pharmacology, prior to the formulation of the scientific method. Words which are cognate to X have the same meaning of pharmacist or dispensing chemist in certain modern languages, such as Swedish,German and Spanish. ID X. 5) It is suggested that this expression derives from a very old children's game. This game, played with sheep knuckle-bones or pebbles, dates back to as early as the 17th century. The object was to capture one's opponent's stones, and when a stone was captured, the victorious player would call "_____" claiming it to be his. It soon came to be used outside the game but with a similar meaning. ID this phrase. 6) This term is usually used to refer to a person who betrays a group or acts as an informer. The term traces its origin back to the days when hunters used a particular species of bird as a decoy for luring other species of birds. The bird used as a decoy was usually nailed to a common object available with the hunters and its alarmed cries would attract other birds to the vicinity, ultimately resulting in the hunters shooting and killing them. ID the term.
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  ANAGRAMS Example: I'm more usea male - Amelie Mauresmo 1) The Con Bites Male Flesh - 2) Banal Slew – 3) Sure, mainly below - 4) Geometry? (Sharp oath!) - 5) Script: he ever hero - KANGAROO WORDS From the larger word, find a smaller word which conveys the same meaning. Example : obligated - obliged 1)strives – 2)indolent - 3)prematurely - 4)ornamented - 5)transgression – CONTRANYMS The word contranym (also antagonym) is used to refer to words that, by some freak of language evolution, are their own antonyms. We give you one meaning and the contradiction and expect the word. Example: Sovereign Lord and Loyal Subject – liege 1)Secure and Run - 2)Withstand and Erode - 3) Error and Care -
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  4)Usual and Special- 5)Advantage and Disadvantage – WORD BUILDER The following paragraphs will have a few words blanked out. Take the word of the shortest length, add a letter and jumble the letters to get the next word to fill in all the blanks Darth Vader ___ (2) an embittered individual. When he smote down the Jedi children and took a ____(3) of their blood, he lost the last vestiges of his humanity. Despite Grand Moff Tarkin making ______(4) for him regularly, nothing improves his temper. There is no colour in his world, it is all in _________(5). One thing he does __________(6) for, is to one day supplant the Emperor and rule in his stead. The _____________(7) of his feet can be heard on the corridors of the Death Star as he prowls about, preojecting his hatred for Obi-Wan Kenobi and considers him be to no better than a ______________(8). There is never any doubt, that such______________(9) individuals will only end up killing each other. Aragorn, the son of Arathorn and Isildur's heir of Gondor swears an oath ____(2) his father's tomb that he will destroy the evil in Mordor once and for all. He then gets assent from Elrond by way of a _____(3) to set off on his quest. He ______(4) his leafstone given to him by Galadriel before unsheathing Anduril, the flame of the west and the blade reforged. On his way to Mount Doom, he comes upon a Gollum wandering upon the grassy _______(5). Aragorn questions it and finds out the way to Sauron's realm. To show his gratitude, he __________(6) Gollum with a bag of gold coins and sets off hurriedly. However, he then ____________(7) how he will be able to kill the dark lord all by himself. His predicament is _____________(8) by the fact that the Dark Lord has gathered to him the rings of power and made himself invincible in his seat Minas Morghul. CASE OF THE MISSING LETTER The answers to each pair of clues are two words that differ only by the omission of a single letter. Example: nectar/sharpen - honey/hone 1) censure/indifference - 2) manducate/strike - 3) crack/ceiling - 4) platform/strike –
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  5) designate/blemish - WORDSQUARE 4X4 1) To be querulous 2) Demolish 3) A small island 4) To hold a grudge 5X5 1) Dressed skins of beasts 2) Torpid 3) Obviate 4) Remove from existence 5) Be dispersed about