Friday, 2/6/04 -- Eighth Grade
Correct yesterday's warm up. (+1/2 EACH, #7 = +1)
  1. * "through breathe thing" = PERSPIRATION
  2. * friend : adversary :: optional : IMPERATIVE
  3. * rhythm : cadence :: contradiction : PARADOX
  4. * sweat : perspiration :: mistake : INDISCRETION
  5. * agreement : controversy :: limited : UNIVERSAL, DIVERSE, VERSATILE (3)
  6. * shameful : ignominious :: unstoppable : INEXORABLE
  7. What does the word anthropomorphic mean?  1 : described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes <anthropomorphic deities> 2 : ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things <anthropomorphic supernaturalism>
Prepare paper for Test #15. Mental Floss.
  1. Go from BREAD to WHEAT in 7 steps, changing only one letter at a time.
  2. Assuming that you are paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movie at the same time, or is it the same?
  3. I appear to be moving but for the most part I'm not,

  4. It's you who are spinning and moving a lot.
    I share my name with a male child,
    And under me on the beach people go wild!     What am I?
  5. Many many years ago when I was twenty three,

  6. I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be.

    This widow had a grown-up daughter Who had hair of red.
    My father fell in love with her, And soon the two were wed.

    This made my dad my son-in-law And changed my very life.
    My daughter was my mother, For she was my father's wife.

    To complicate the matters worse, Although it brought me joy.
    I soon became the father Of a bouncing baby boy.

    My little baby then became A brother-in-law to dad.
    And so became my uncle, Though it made me very sad.

    For if he was my uncle, Then that also made him brother
    to the widow's grown-up daughter who, of course, was my step-mother.

    Father's wife then had a son, Who kept them on the run.
    And he became my grandson, For he was my daughter's son.

    Who is my Grandpa?

Test #15
Done? Finish crossword if not already done, Trackwords, work on your web site if available, doodle, nap, read COW.