Winter Sport Competition 2006 - Awards

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Vocabulary.com offers word puzzles and activities focusing on synonyms and antonyms involving competition in winter sports.

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In the word banks below are multiple synonyms and antonyms for the three feature words in the puzzle above. Six are the correct answers for the puzzle above.

Can you divide each set of words related to COMPETITOR, EXUBERANT and VICTORIOUS into a list of synonyms and of antonyms?

COMPETITOR words: sidekick, enemy, peer, antagonist, cohort, foe, associate, opponent, ally, other side, confederate, challenger, companion, colleague, rival, teammate, comrade, chum, crony.
EXUBERANT words: gloomy, buoyant, depressed, bouncy, sullen, animated, sober, exhilarated, morose, lugubrious, enthusiastic, cheerless, energetic, saturnine, unreserved, disspirited, zestful, high-spirited, sorrowful, ebullient, somber.
VICTORIOUS words: conquering, vanquished, triumphant, overcome, winning, subdued, successful, thrashed, exultant, trounced, jubilant, destroyed, failed, on-top, whipped, superior, obliterated, defeated, overwhelmed.
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CURRENCY INFORMATION: The table below 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".

Answers to puzzle #1 above: 1 - opponent; 2 - colleague, 3 - ebullient, 4 - morose, 5 - triumphant, 6 - defeated
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