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Here's your Shmoop du jour... Which word could fill in the blank so that

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the sentence below makes sense?

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Despite her best efforts to blank the candy, it wasn't long before the children found where

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it was hidden.

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Here are the potential answers.

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So what's this question asking? Well, it's a vocab question.

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"Despite" signals a contrary relationship.

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Like "in spite of."

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For us at least, this is good news, because it clues us in to the fact that we're looking

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for a word that means the opposite of "find."

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Unfortunately, "hide" isn't one of our options, but we're on the hunt for something like

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that. Using this logic, we can give most of these

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options the boot pretty easily.

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"Illuminate" means to shed light on something, so that's the opposite of what we want.

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"Reveal" means to make something known, so that's the opposite, too.

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"Loosen" means... well, if you've ever opened a pickle jar, you already know what loosen means...

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...and we're guessing you already know it makes no sense in this context at all.

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Sorry, (B), (D), and (C), take your boot and go.

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"Secure" is a tempting option, but it usually refers to making something safe,

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rather than hiding something, so we'll have to say no to this one as well.

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Since the verb "obscure" means to hide something from view, (A) is the best answer.

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A for "Anybody going to tell us where the candy is hidden?"

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