Winter Sport Competition - Definition MATCH Puzzle

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Vocabulary.com has created a "definition match" exercise focusing on 26 words that have been in our puzzles, word find, crossword and synonyms/antonyms activities. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat are part of watching the competition in winter sports.
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26 words that relate to Winter Sport Competition
  • 1. _____ morose

  • 2. _____ ambiguous

  • 3. _____ adept

  • 4. _____ colleague

  • 5. _____ exact

  • 6. _____ opponent

  • 7. _____ precise

  • 8. _____ gold metal

  • 9. _____ pageantry

  • 10. _____ triumphant

  • 11. _____ inspire

  • 12. _____ controversy

  • 13. _____ principled

  • 14. _____ spectacle

  • 15. _____ disagreement

  • 16. _____ extravaganza

  • 17. _____ ebullient

  • 18. _____ harmony

  • 19. _____ defeated

  • 20. _____ celebration

  • 21. _____ competition

  • 22. _____ unscrupulous

  • 23. _____ sportsmanlike

  • 24. _____ stamina

  • 25. _____ motivate

  • 26. _____ irritate
Match the 26 definitions below to the 26 words on the left
  • a. power to sustain effort

  • b. sullenly melancholy

  • c. having different opinions

  • d. colorful public spectacle

  • e. exasperate

  • f. highly skilled

  • g. protracted public dispute

  • h. susceptible to multiple interpretation

  • i. a public performance

  • j. based by ethical assumption

  • k. a fellow member

  • l. clearly expressed

  • m. contest of skill

  • n. vanquished

  • o. highest award in competition

  • p. beyond what is usual

  • q. stimulate and influence

  • r. gracious winner or loser

  • s. feeling of agreement

  • t. observance with festivities

  • u. contemptuous of what is right

  • v. exultation from victory

  • w. stimulate to action

  • x. adversary

  • y. strictly accurate

  • z. filled with excitement

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The answers are at the bottom of the page.

These English words come almost directly or exactly from a foreign language!

Answers are at the bottom of the page or with the graphic answer link here.
CURRENCY INFORMATION: We have repeated the table below from DAY 2.
It shows what the recent value of one USA dollar ($1.00) equals in another country's currency (and visa versa).

Country
Currency Name
Value of One
Foreign Currency
in US Pennies (cents)
One US Dollar
will get you:
United States
Dollar
100 ¢
1 dollar
United Kingdom
Pound-GBP
177 ¢
0.56 UKPounds
European Union
Euro-EUR
121 ¢
0.82 Euros
Switzerland
Franc-CHF
78 ¢
1.27 SFrancs
Russia
Rubles-RUB
3.5 ¢
28.0 RRubles
Sweden
Kroner-SEK
13 ¢
7.61 SKroners
Canada
Dollar-CAD
87 ¢
1.14 CDollars
Australia
Dollar-AUD
75 ¢
1.33 ADollars
Japan
Yen-JPY
0.8 ¢
117 JYen
Israel
Shekel-ILS
21 ¢
4.61 IShekels
Mexico
Peso-MXN
9 ¢
10.45 MPesos
GOLD
Ounces-XAU
56100 ¢
0.0017 GOunces

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We want to acknowledge that the word definitions in these puzzles are used with the permission of Random House Inc. and most come from their "Random House Webster's College Dictionary".

Definition Match alphabetical word list:
adept, ambiguous, celebration, colleague, competition, controversy, defeated, disagreement, ebullient, extravaganza, exact, gold metal, harmony, inspire, irritate, morose, motivate, opponent, pageantry, precise, principled, spectacle, sportsmanlike, stamina, triumphant, unscrupulous

ANSWERS #1-13:
1 - b; 2 - h; 3 - f; 4 - k; 5 - y; 6 - x; 7 - l; 8 - o; 9 - d; 10 - v; 11 - q; 12 - g; 13 - j
ANSWERS #14-26:
14 - i; 15 - c; 16 - p; 17 - z; 18 - s; 19 - n; 20 - t; 21 - m; 22 -u; 23 - r; 24 - a; 25 - w; 26 - e

Answers to the "foreign flags" puzzle:
1 - blustery; 2 - crescendo; 3 - malaise; 4 - juggernaut
graphic answer link here.

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