Spurious Adjective: Inauthentic, not bona fide Synonyms: Artificial, contrived, fake Antonyms: Authentic, genuine Salient Adjective: Noticeable, or important; standing out Synonyms: Conspicuous, striking Antonyms: Unimportant, inconspicuous Prosaic Adjective: Matter-of- fact, without spirit, style or imagination. Synonyms: Ordinary, straightforward Antonyms: Creative, imaginary Decipher Verb: To discover the meaning or understand a coded or hidden meaning. Synonyms: Deduce, interpret Antonyms: Code, skim, encrypt Pseudonym False name of alias used by a writer to not use their real name. Example: Mark Twain: Samuel Clemens Hyperbole A figure of speech involving great exaggeration. Examples: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse Clandestine Adjective: Secretive or covert Synonyms: Stealthy, cloak-and-dagger Antonyms: Aboveboard, truthful Personification Figure of speech that gives inanimate objects human characteristics. Example: Wind whispered in my ear Onomatopoeia A literary device in which the sound of the word has the same sound it represents. Examples: boom and sigh Free! Aboveboard Adjective: Honest and unconcealed Synonyms: Frank, open Antonyms: Deceitful, concealed Boisterous Adjective: Active and happy; full of energy Synonyms: Rambunctious, rowdy Antonyms: Calm, tranquil Rectitude Noun: Correctness or uprightness Synonyms: Decency, goodness Antonyms: Dishonesty, badness Contrite Adjective: Sorry for past actions, desiring forgiveness Synonyms: Apologetic, humble Antonyms: Indifferent, apathetic Understatement Statements that lessen the importance of what is meant. Examples: Looks like it rained a bit last night Vigilance Noun: Alertness, unbreaking attention to a duty Synonyms: Diligence, watchfulness Antonyms: Negligence, carelessness Spurious Adjective: Inauthentic, not bona fide Synonyms: Artificial, contrived, fake Antonyms: Authentic, genuine Salient Adjective: Noticeable, or important; standing out Synonyms: Conspicuous, striking Antonyms: Unimportant, inconspicuous Prosaic Adjective: Matter-of- fact, without spirit, style or imagination. Synonyms: Ordinary, straightforward Antonyms: Creative, imaginary Decipher Verb: To discover the meaning or understand a coded or hidden meaning. Synonyms: Deduce, interpret Antonyms: Code, skim, encrypt Pseudonym False name of alias used by a writer to not use their real name. Example: Mark Twain: Samuel Clemens Hyperbole A figure of speech involving great exaggeration. Examples: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse Clandestine Adjective: Secretive or covert Synonyms: Stealthy, cloak-and-dagger Antonyms: Aboveboard, truthful Personification Figure of speech that gives inanimate objects human characteristics. Example: Wind whispered in my ear Onomatopoeia A literary device in which the sound of the word has the same sound it represents. Examples: boom and sigh Free! Aboveboard Adjective: Honest and unconcealed Synonyms: Frank, open Antonyms: Deceitful, concealed Boisterous Adjective: Active and happy; full of energy Synonyms: Rambunctious, rowdy Antonyms: Calm, tranquil Rectitude Noun: Correctness or uprightness Synonyms: Decency, goodness Antonyms: Dishonesty, badness Contrite Adjective: Sorry for past actions, desiring forgiveness Synonyms: Apologetic, humble Antonyms: Indifferent, apathetic Understatement Statements that lessen the importance of what is meant. Examples: Looks like it rained a bit last night Vigilance Noun: Alertness, unbreaking attention to a duty Synonyms: Diligence, watchfulness Antonyms: Negligence, carelessness
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
Adjective: Inauthentic, not bona fide
Synonyms: Artificial, contrived, fake
Antonyms: Authentic, genuine
Spurious
Adjective: Noticeable, or important; standing out
Synonyms: Conspicuous, striking
Antonyms: Unimportant, inconspicuous
Salient
Adjective: Matter-of-fact, without spirit, style or imagination. Synonyms: Ordinary, straightforward
Antonyms: Creative, imaginary
Prosaic
Verb: To discover the meaning or understand a coded or hidden meaning. Synonyms: Deduce, interpret
Antonyms: Code, skim, encrypt
Decipher
False name of alias used by a writer to not use their real name. Example: Mark Twain: Samuel Clemens
Pseudonym
A figure of speech involving great exaggeration. Examples: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
Hyperbole
Adjective: Secretive or covert
Synonyms: Stealthy, cloak-and-dagger
Antonyms: Aboveboard, truthful
Clandestine
Figure of speech that gives inanimate objects human characteristics. Example: Wind whispered in my ear
Personification
A literary device in which the sound of the word has the same sound it represents. Examples: boom and sigh
Onomatopoeia
Free!
Adjective: Honest and unconcealed
Synonyms: Frank, open
Antonyms: Deceitful, concealed
Aboveboard
Adjective: Active and happy; full of energy
Synonyms: Rambunctious, rowdy
Antonyms: Calm, tranquil
Boisterous
Noun: Correctness or uprightness
Synonyms: Decency, goodness
Antonyms: Dishonesty, badness
Rectitude
Adjective: Sorry for past actions, desiring forgiveness
Synonyms: Apologetic, humble
Antonyms: Indifferent, apathetic
Contrite
Statements that lessen the importance of what is meant. Examples: Looks like it rained a bit last night
Understatement
Noun: Alertness, unbreaking attention to a duty
Synonyms: Diligence, watchfulness
Antonyms: Negligence, carelessness
Vigilance