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Synonym Surveillance (Posted on 2014-05-06) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Some synonyms of a keyword are listed in each of the following. Take one letter in turn from each of these synonyms to spell out a further synonym of the keyword.

(I) KEYWORD : tremendous
    SYNONYMS: great,terrific, monstrous, vast,enormous,gigantic, colossal

(II) KEYWORD : skillful
     SYNONYMS: able,adept,dextrous,proficient,accomplished, competent

(III) KEYWORD: proficient
     SYNONYMS: adept,expert,apt,skilled,competent,able, versed

(IV) KEYWORD: notable
     SYNONYMS: celebrated,famous,striking,renowned, rare,unusual,outstanding

(V) KEYWORD: rigid
    SYNONYMS: harsh,rigorous,stern,stringent,severe, strict, set

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Solution computer solutions Comment 3 of 3 |
DefDbl A-Z
Dim wd(10) As String, w As String, sz, crlf$

Private Sub Form_Load()
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf$ = Chr(13) + Chr(10)
 Form1.Visible = True
 wd(1) = "great"
 wd(2) = "terifc"
 wd(3) = "monstru"
 wd(4) = "vast"
 wd(5) = "enormus"
 wd(6) = "giantc"
 wd(7) = "colsa"
 sz = 7
 addIn 1
End Sub

Sub addIn(wh)
  For i = 1 To Len(wd(wh))
    If wh = 1 Then Text1.Text = Text1.Text & Mid(wd(wh), i, 1) & crlf$: DoEvents
    w = w + Mid(wd(wh), i, 1)
    If wh = sz Then
      If isWord(w) Then
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & w & crlf$: DoEvents
      End If
    Else
      addIn wh + 1
    End If
    w = Left(w, Len(w) - 1)
  Next
End Sub

Function isWord(w$)
 n = Len(w$)
 w1$ = Space$(n)
 Open "\words\words" + LTrim$(Str$(n)) + ".txt" For Binary As #2
 l = LOF(2) / n
 low = 1: high = l
 Do
  middle = Int((low + high) / 2)
  Get #2, (middle - 1) * n + 1, w1$
  If w1$ = w$ Then isWord = 1: Close 2: Exit Function
  If w1$ < w$ Then low = middle + 1 Else high = middle - 1
 Loop Until low > high
 isWord = 0
 Close 2
End Function

finds


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r
renvois
e
errants
ectasis
a
acrasia
t
tenants
testons
tetanic
tetanal
truants
tissual
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titania

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  Posted by Charlie on 2014-05-06 14:51:22
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