puts <<~INSTRUCTIONS SYNONYM CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY A SYNONYM OF A WORD MEANS ANOTHER WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHICH HAS THE SAME OR VERY NEARLY THE SAME MEANING. I CHOOSE A WORD -- YOU TYPE A SYNONYM. IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF A SYNONYM, TYPE THE WORD 'HELP' AND I WILL TELL YOU A SYNONYM. INSTRUCTIONS right_words = ["RIGHT", "CORRECT", "FINE", "GOOD!", "CHECK"] synonym_words = [ ["FIRST", "START", "BEGINNING", "ONSET", "INITIAL"], ["SIMILAR", "ALIKE", "SAME", "LIKE", "RESEMBLING"], ["MODEL", "PATTERN", "PROTOTYPE", "STANDARD", "CRITERION"], ["SMALL", "INSIGNIFICANT", "LITTLE", "TINY", "MINUTE"], ["STOP", "HALT", "STAY", "ARREST", "CHECK", "STANDSTILL"], ["HOUSE", "DWELLING", "RESIDENCE", "DOMICILE", "LODGING", "HABITATION"], ["PIT", "HOLE", "HOLLOW", "WELL", "GULF", "CHASM", "ABYSS"], ["PUSH", "SHOVE", "THRUST", "PROD", "POKE", "BUTT", "PRESS"], ["RED", "ROUGE", "SCARLET", "CRIMSON", "FLAME", "RUBY"], ["PAIN", "SUFFERING", "HURT", "MISERY", "DISTRESS", "ACHE", "DISCOMFORT"], ] synonym_words.shuffle.each {|words_ar| } synonym_words.each {|words_ar| answer = false keyword = words_ar.shift while not answer and words_ar.length != 0 puts " WHAT IS A SYNONYM OF #{keyword}? " inp = gets.chomp.upcase if inp == "HELP" clue = words_ar.sample puts "**** A SYNONYM OF #{keyword} IS #{clue}." words_ar.delete(clue) elsif words_ar.include? inp puts right_words.sample answer = true else puts "TRY AGAIN." end end } puts "SYNONYM DRILL COMPLETED"