Instructions: you must let go, let it go, let it be, it is what it is, is that all there is? yes, this, that is all, this is it. You're heart. Must be blind. You must persist. Do not resist. What you resist persists. There is only one way. You must find it. The way is not self evident. This is not a maze. No labrynth, but you're mind. You're the way. You're the one we've been waiting for.
Tittle
father, war hero, brave man, champion, man of courage, great man, man of the hour, conquering hero, victor, winner, conqueror, lionheart, warrior, paladin, knight, white hat, chevalier,
football hero, star, idol, superstar, megastar, celebrity, celebutante, luminary, lion, ideal, ideal man, paragon, exemplar, shining example, perfect example, favorite, darling, knight in shining armor, knight on a white charger, beau idéal, celeb,
the hero of the film is a young pianist, male protagonist, principal male character, principal male role, lead actor, lead, leading man, leading role, male lead, star role, starring role, star part, male star,
(coward, loser, villain, the bad guy, black hat, man in black)
three-years around the world, trip, expedition, period of traveling, tour, trek, voyage, cruise, safari, ride, drive, transfer, crossing, passage, flight, travels, wandering, roaming, roving, globetrotting, odyssey, pilgrimage, excursion, outing, jaunt, rare peregrination,
travel, go, voyage, sail, cruise, fly, hike, trek, ride, drive, make one's way, wend one's way, go on a trip, take a trip, go on an expedition, go on an excursion, go on a tour, tour, go on safari, globetrot, backpack, roam, rove, ramble, wander, meander, rare peregrinate
(stagnation, resting, halt, wait, inertia?)
Round I
the course of events, usual, normal, standard, typical, stock, common, customary, habitual, accustomed, expected, wonted, everyday, regular, routine, day-to-day, daily, established, settled, set, fixed, traditional, quotidian, prevailing,
average, normal, run-of-the-mill, standard, typical, middle-of-the-road, common, conventional, mainstream, unremarkable, unexceptional, unpretentious, modest, plain, simple, homely, homespun, workaday, undistinguished, nondescript, characterless, colorless, commonplace, humdrum, mundane, unmemorable, pedestrian, prosaic, quotidian, uninteresting, uneventful, dull, boring, uninspiring, bland, suburban, hackneyed, stale, mediocre, middling, indifferent, garden-variety, OK, so-so, bog-standard, vanilla, plain vanilla, nothing to write home about, a dime a dozen, no great shakes, not up to much, corny, hacky, common or garden, ornery,
(abnormal, unusual, extraordinary, unique, exceptional)
traveled with the army, earth, globe, planet, sphere,
convinced of the possibility of life on other worlds, planet, satellite, moon, star, heavenly body, orb,
the academic world, the world of work is not where all his life ambitions lie, sphere, society, circle, arena, milieu, province, domain, territory, orbit, preserve, realm, field, discipline, area, department, sector, section, group, division,
show the world that he was no weak-kneed dandy of leisure, everyone, everybody, each and every one, people, mankind, humankind, humanity, people everywhere, the whole world, the world at large, the public, the general public, the population, the populace, all and sundry, every mother's son, every Tom, Dick, and Harry, every man jack,
(space, vacuum, black hole, before the big bang, there's no there there)
Round II
“Wait for me!” he called, cry out, cry, shout, yell, sing out, whoop, bellow, roar, halloo, bawl, scream, shriek, screech, exclaim, holler, yoo-hoo, cooee, rare ejaculate, vociferate,
he got so tired, at least three times every morning, wake up, wake, awaken, waken, rouse, give someone a shout, knock up,
phone, telephone, get on the phone to, get someone on the phone, dial, make/place a call to, get, reach, ring up, ring, give someone a ring, call up, give someone a call, give someone a buzz, buzz, British English give someone a bell, bell, give someone a tinkle, get on the blower to, get someone on the horn,
(shh, shush, hush, quiet, silence, exhale, ignore)
stories of astonishing miracles and heroics, exploit, escapade, deed, feat, trial, experience, incident, occurrence, event, happening, episode, affair, stunt, caper, romp, antic, quest, crusade, campaign, venture,
in search of, excitement, exciting experience, thrill, stimulation, risk, riskiness, danger, dangerousness, hazard, hazardousness, peril, perilousness, uncertainty, precariousness, a kick, a buzz, a charge,
Round III
we have had only one, nonacceptance, no, dissent, demurral, negation, rebuff, turndown, regrets, informal knock-back, brush-off, rare declinature,
you can have the first, option, choice, consideration, opportunity to purchase,
the government's continued campaign promises, withholding, failure to grant, denial, veto, turndown, the thumbs down
(acceptance, undertaking, assumption, taking on, tackling)
you'd better call the doctor, called a taxi, summon, send for, ask for, order, page,
Ashgrove Cottage on his way home, pay a visit to, pay a brief visit to, visit, pay a call on, look in on, call in on, drop in on, drop by, stop by, pop into,
an interview, he intends to a meeting of the committee early next week, convene, summon, call together, order, assemble, arrange, arrange a time/date for, announce, declare, convoke,
(shh, shush, hush, quiet, silence, exhale, ignore)
Round IIII
he stood up to address them, assembly, conference, congregation, convention, summit, forum, convocation, conclave, council of war, caucus, get-together, confab,
he demanded the housing secretary, consultation, audience, interview,
he intrigued her on their first, encounter, contact, introduction, appointment, assignation, rendezvous, tweetup, literary tryst,
of land and sea, convergence, coming together, confluence, conjunction, union, junction, abutment, concourse, intersection, crossing, T-junction,
a track and field, event, meet, rally, competition, match, game, contest,
(disperse at once, debark, disembark, adjourn, recess, get lost!)
he was her friend until his death, adviser, guide, confidant, confidante, counselor, consultant, therapist, master, spiritual leader, rav, rebbe, guru, swami, maharishi, acharya,
between him and trainee, trainer, teacher, tutor, coach, instructor,
(student, tutee, pupil, school boy, learner)
Round V
came to a halt at a busy road, junction, crossroads, intersection, interchange, level crossing, motorway junction, railway junction,
driver failed to notice a child, street crossing, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing, pelican crossing, the green man,
the Mauretania held the Blue Riband, traversal, traverse, passage, voyage, journey, cruise, sail,
(there is no antonym, no opposite, no words for now)
the threshold of the church, doorstep, sill, doorsill, doorway, entrance, entry, way in, door, gate, gateway, portal, approach,
young people at the threshold of their careers, start, starting point, beginning, brink, verge, edge, dawn, birth, origin, inception, conception, opening, launch, inauguration, institution, initiation, debut, creation, day one, informal kickoff, formal commencement,
human threshold of pain, lower limit, starting point, minimum, margin, limen,
(end, the end, one way, do not enter, no trespassing, hold it right there, where do you think you're going?)
Round VI
conducting a series of scientific, trial, experiment, pilot study, tryout, check, examination, assessment, evaluation, appraisal, investigation, inspection, analysis, scrutiny, scrutinization, study, probe, exploration, screening, audition, screen test, technical assay,
candidates may be required, exam, examination, paper, set of questions, quiz,
a good sparkling wine is the length of time the bubbles last in the glass, criterion, proof, indication, yardstick, touchstone, standard, measure, litmus test, barometer,
(there is no answer)
he was forced to dismiss his closest, associate, colleague, friend, confederate, partner, supporter, accomplice, helper, accessory, abetter,
Claudia is an activist, deeply involved with Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ rights, supporter, advocate, champion, defender, protector, campaigner, activist, reformer, demonstrator, friend, partner, comrade,
(the following is antonym and the next word)
he aimed the gun, foe, adversary, opponent, rival, nemesis, antagonist, combatant, challenger, competitor, opposer, hostile party, the opposition, the competition, the other side, the opposing side, rare corrival, vier,
(the previous will suffice)
Round VII
the altar with his head bowed, proceed toward, come/go toward, advance toward, go near/nearer, come near/nearer, draw near/nearer, come close/closer, go close/closer, draw close/closer, move near/nearer, edge near/nearer, near, draw near, close in on, center on, focus on, converge on, catch up on, gain on, creep up on, loom, reach, arrive at,
the trade deficit is now $20 million, border on, approximate, verge on, resemble, be comparable/similar to, compare with, touch, nudge, get on for, near, come near to, come/be close to, be not a million miles away from,
the publishing tycoon leaving his job, speak to, talk to, make conversation with, engage in conversation, take aside, detain, greet, address, salute, hail, initiate a discussion with, broach the matter to, make advances to, make overtures to, make a proposal to, sound out, proposition, solicit, appeal to, apply to, buttonhole,
he had the whole business in the best way, set about, tackle, begin, start, commence, embark on, make a start on, address oneself to, undertake, get down to, launch into, go about, get to grips with, get cracking on,
(leave, walk away, take off, back off, retreat, go home, step the fuck back, do not pass go)
the shrine of the Temple, central, middle, internal, interior, furthest in, deepest within,
he was ashamed to reveal his feelings, deepest, deep, deep-seated, profound, inward, underlying, intimate, private, personal, secret, hidden, veiled, masked, concealed, unexpressed, unrevealed, unapparent, true, real, honest, bottled up
(overt, open, shared, exoderm, exposed, revealed, on his sleeve)
at the bottom of the cliff, cavern, grotto, hollow, cavity, pothole, underground chamber, gallery, tunnel, dugout,
(the closest to an opposite is living outdoors, living in the light, also exposed)
Round VIII
both men were understandably shaken, painful, unpleasant experience, trial, tribulation, test, nightmare, trauma, baptism of fire, hell, hell on earth, misery, trouble, difficulty, torture, torment, agony,
(ease, a life of ease, tranquilo, ecstasy, not quite nirvana but close)
Round VIIII
the dog's owners have a reward for its safe return, recompense, prize, prize money, winnings, purse, award, honor, decoration, profit, advantage, benefit, bonus, plus, premium, bounty, price, present, gift, tip, gratuity, inducement, carrot, payment, consideration, return, requital, informal payoff, cut, perk, formal perquisite, archaic guerdon, meed,
he thought it cruel after such loyal service, treatment, handling, service, reception,
(demerit, penalty, fine, punishment)
a protester microphone, grabbing, grasping, snatching, taking hold of, laying hold of, laying (one's) hands on, getting one's hands on, taking a grip of, gripping, clutching, taking, plucking,
army rebels air force base, capturing, taking, overrunning, annexing, occupying, taking possession of, conquering, taking over, subjugating, subjecting, colonizing,
the drugs by customs officers at Kennedy Airport, confiscating, impounding, commandeering, requisition, appropriate, expropriating, taking possession of, sequestering, sequestrating, taking away, taking over, take, distraining, attaching, disseizing, poinding?
(let go of, relinquish, retreat from, liberate, release)
ceremonial, blade, steel, brand,
Round X
crowded with holiday traffic, highway, thoroughfare, roadway, road surface, pavement,
economic recovery, way, path, route, direction, course,
there seemed an almost endless line of freighters and tankers waiting, anchorage, channel, haven, rare roadstead,
(large plowed field, meadow, pasture, paddock, green, pen, grassland, pastureland, sward, park, corral, bawn, glebe, lea, mead, greensward)
failing health forced his return to Paris, homecoming, travel back,
backwards, behind one, to one's rear, rearwards, away, off,
(forward, onward, departure, onset, bon voyage)
Round XI
the return of Jesus, raising from the dead, restoration to life, rising from the dead, return from the dead,
the promise of the cottage hospital, revival, restoration, regeneration, revitalization, reinvigoration, renewal, resuscitation, awakening, rejuvenation, stimulation, re-establishment, relaunch, reintroduction, reinstallation, reappearance, rebirth, renaissance, renascence, comeback,
(there is except just death and the dead, dead in the cave)
Round XII
he returned to London, go back, come back, get back, arrive back, arrive home, come home, come again,
failing health forced him, homecoming, travel back,
a buffer against the hard times, recurrence, reoccurrence, repeat, rerun, repetition, reappearance, flare-up, revival, rebirth, renaissance, resurrection, reawakening, re-emergence, resurgence, rare recrudescence, renascence,
displayed notices requesting the books, giving back, handing back, replacement, restoration, reinstatement, reinstallation, restitution, rare re-installment,
(depart, departure, set out, disappearance)
guaranteed to induce love, potion, concoction, brew, philter, decoction, medicine, tincture, tonic, draft, archaic potation,
a cough, mixture, solution, potion, tincture, extract, essence, concentrate, distillate, distillation,
(poison)
Bonus Round
award, reward, premium, trophy, cup, medal, plate, shield, honor, accolade, crown, laurels, bays, palm, jackpot, bonanza, purse, winnings, sweepstake, informal pot, dated garland, archaic guerdon, prey,
the prizes of war, spoils, booty, plunder, loot, pickings, profits, takings,
(there is no antonym, all good, recovery, rebirth, another chance to get it right, this is it, the end is the beginning)
Saṃsāra , wandering, the world, cyclic change, running around in circles, transmigration, reincarnation, karmic cycle, cycle of aimless drifting, wandering or mundane existence, karma, the cycle of death and rebirth,