WORDLY-WISE Monday 2 June 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor: Adrian Hoad-Reddick Elora, Ontario, CANADA http://www.hoadworks.com Email:hoad@hoadworks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCORDANCE by Adrian Hoad-Reddick ------------------------------------------------------------------- I am compiling vocabulary lists from specific books for my Avocabo vocabulary series. The following words were chosen from a classic novel that opens: "I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale." antagonist, arboreal, consternation, countenance, creepers, denizens, ferocity, futile, galleon, heredity, lattice, lithe, native, pallisades, philander, primitive, prostrate, provisions, savage, simian, sinuous, sustenance, vanquished, verdure, waif Can you identify the book? Hints below... HINT 1: The novel was published in 1913 by an author who published previously under the pseudonym "Normal Bean." HINT 2: The author was first exposed to pulp fiction as a pencil sharpener wholesaler as he checked ad placements. HINT: The author went on to pen 26 novels in this series, as well as creating many other series. ------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or download archival files from Wordly-L visit http://www.hoadworks.com/subscribe.htm If your friends and family enjoy word games, please encourage them to join the list. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wordly-Wise is copyright (c) 2002 Adrian Hoad-Reddick. All rights reserved. More fun and games online at http://www.hoadworks.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------- You may reproduce this newsletter in whole or in part in other free media online provided that you include the copyright notice above. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WORDLY-WISE: Word Play Saturday 8 June 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor: Adrian Hoad-Reddick Elora, Ontario, CANADA http://www.hoadworks.com Email:hoad@hoadworks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings Wordly-Wise! I have resurrected the Rhyme-n-Reason @ Random server. The Rhyme-n-Reason 'hinky pinky' game was the first to be offered back in 1995. There are over 1500 clues and answers in the database. The RnR server is located at http://www.bookhooks.com/rnrserver.cfm Enjoy a second issue of Concordance! --Adrian CONCORDANCE no. 2 by Adrian Hoad-Reddick ------------------------------------------------------------------- From which novel did I extract the following words? scoundrel, heights, grange, hearth, aversion, violent, entreaties, wretched, surly, scornful, malevolence, passionate, apparition, brooding, kirkyard, presentiment, betrayal, evince, moor, loved HINT: Victorian readers found the book shocking and inappropriate in its depiction of passionate, ungoverned love and cruelty (despite the fact that the novel portrays no sex or bloodshed), and the work was virtually ignored. HINT 2: Published in 1847. ANSWERS FROM LAST DAY ------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCORDANCE by Adrian Hoad-Reddick ------------------------------------------------------------------- The 25 words come from Edgar Rice Burrough's _Tarzan of the Apes_ and my source of information is www.tarzan.org. The concordance program can be downloaded from downloads.com or www.textworld.com antagonist, arboreal, consternation, countenance, creepers, denizens, ferocity, futile, galleon, heredity, lattice, lithe, native, pallisades, philander, primitive, prostrate, provisions, savage, simian, sinuous, sustenance, vanquished, verdure, waif ------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or download archival files from Wordly-L visit http://www.hoadworks.com/subscribe.htm If your friends and family enjoy word games, please encourage them to join the list. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wordly-Wise is copyright (c) 2002 Adrian Hoad-Reddick. All rights reserved. More fun and games online at http://www.hoadworks.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------- You may reproduce this newsletter in whole or in part in other free media online provided that you include the copyright notice above. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WORDLY-WISE: Word Play Monday 24 June 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor: Adrian Hoad-Reddick Elora, Ontario, CANADA http://www.hoadworks.com Email:hoad@hoadworks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- ALPHAbits ------------------------------------------------------------------- Insert the letters of the alphabet (one letter per blank) to complete each word. Each letter of the alphabet is used once. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1. en_oy 2. na_re 3. yo_es 4. ta_ny 5. ca_eo 6. bo_us 7. we_ch 8. sn_re 9. se_an 10. ta_oo 11. si_th 12. co_ch 13. to_ue 14. pu_se 15. ad_pt 16. oa_hs 17. oc_re 18. ma_ze 19. ha_en 20. ab_ss 21. ac_es 22. un_ip 23. tu_ts 24. ta_ir 25. ab_am 26. ar_on ANSWERS FROM LAST DAY ------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCORDANCE no. 2 by Adrian Hoad-Reddick ------------------------------------------------------------------- From which novel did I extract the following words? WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte scoundrel, heights, grange, hearth, aversion, violent, entreaties, wretched, surly, scornful, malevolence, passionate, apparition, brooding, kirkyard, presentiment, betrayal, evince, moor, loved HINT: Victorian readers found the book shocking and inappropriate in its depiction of passionate, ungoverned love and cruelty (despite the fact that the novel portrays no sex or bloodshed), and the work was virtually ignored. HINT 2: Published in 1847. ------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or download archival files from Wordly-L visit http://www.hoadworks.com/subscribe.htm If your friends and family enjoy word games, please encourage them to join the list. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wordly-Wise is copyright (c) 2002 Adrian Hoad-Reddick. All rights reserved. More fun and games online at http://www.hoadworks.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------- You may reproduce this newsletter in whole or in part in other free media online provided that you include the copyright notice above. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WORDLY-WISE: Word Play Saturday 29 June 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor: Adrian Hoad-Reddick Elora, Ontario, CANADA http://www.hoadworks.com Email:hoad@hoadworks.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRICYCLE by Adrian Hoad-Reddick ------------------------------------------------------------------ Solve the clues to five seven-letter words. A common trigram (XYZ) cycles through the five words in the pattern displayed. X Y Z _ _ _ _ 1. not paid in time _ X Y Z _ _ _ 2. originality _ _ X Y Z _ _ 3. common saw _ _ _ X Y Z _ 4. in-situ _ _ _ _ X Y Z 5. give sanction ANSWERS FROM LAST DAY ------------------------------------------------------------------- ALPHAbits ------------------------------------------------------------------- Insert the letters of the alphabet (one letter per blank) to complete each word. Each letter of the alphabet is used once. One possible answer is: 1. enjoy 2. nacre 3. yokes 4. tawny 5. cameo 6. bogus 7. wench 8. snore/snare 9. sedan 10. taboo 11. sixth 12. couch 13. toque 14. pulse 15. adapt/adopt 16. oaths 17. ochre 18. maize 19. haven 20. abyss 21. acres 22. unzip 23. tufts 24. tapir 25. abeam 26. arson ------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or download archival files from Wordly-L visit http://www.hoadworks.com/subscribe.htm If your friends and family enjoy word games, please encourage them to join the list. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wordly-Wise is copyright (c) 2002 Adrian Hoad-Reddick. All rights reserved. More fun and games online at http://www.hoadworks.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------- You may reproduce this newsletter in whole or in part in other free media online provided that you include the copyright notice above. -------------------------------------------------------------------