You use the second letters of each word, and they form the word ATTIC. You walk up to your attic, and there your family waits, along with all your friends and all your presents.
There are thousands of antonyms, but not many pairs of opposite words differ by only one letter. See how many of them you can figure out.
Note: Although some pairs used here are not perfect opposites, they are listed as antonyms in the thesaurus.
1. Add one letter to “fast” to create a word with the opposite meaning.
2. Look around in this teaser to find two words that refer to opposite locations.
3. How many? Give two answers that differ by a single letter.
4. Start with a close companion; remove a letter and they become an evil person.
5. Complete with opposite meaning words: We are _____ ____ getting back together.
6. Add a letter to a private region to get something open to all.
7. Remove a letter from a private operation to get something visible to all.
If you like pretty gems that sparkle and shine,
I invite you to dig in my virtual mine.
My first is purple, fit for a king,
My second is green where Dorothy did her thing.
My third is red, July’s birthstone as well,
My fourth is seen in strings and is found inside a shell.
My fifth is hard, pure Carbon and expensive to buy,
My sixth is Crocidolite, striped like the big cat’s eye.
Seventh is two words, a man-made fake of April’s stone,
Eighth is very dark and found at Lightning Ridge alone.
Now take from each gem, one letter in its turn,
And you will find the stuff for which even the gods yearn.
The gems are:
Amethyst
Emerald (Emerald city – Wizard of OZ)
Ruby
Pearl (From inside oyster shell)
Diamond
Tiger’s eye
Cubic Zirconia (Fake diamond)
Black Opal
Taking the first letter of Amethyst, second of Emerald etcetera gives
Ambrosia – The food of the gods.