WORD POWER

Feeling lost? This month’s vocabulary words are all about giving you directions: up or down, near or far, east or west, on and on. To locate the answers, navigate to the next page.

1. starboard n. ('star-berd) a ship’s right side. b ship’s left side. c ship’s front. 2. transpose v. (trans-'pohz) a cut straight across. b turn sharply. c move to another place. 3. nether adj. ('neh-ther) a down low. b overhead. c spread out. 4. anterior adj. (an-'teer-ee-er) a at the midpoint. b behind. c in the front. 5. juxtapose v. ('juhk-stuh-pohz) a lay on top. b put side by side. c encircle. 6. sinistral adj. ('sih-nih-struhl) a from the south. b underground. c left-handed. 7. periphery n. (puh-'rih-fuh-ree) a great distance. b close range. c outer edges. 8. apex n. ('ay-peks) a clockwise motion. b uppermost point. c needle on a compass. 9. aweigh adj. (uh-'way) a over the side. b off the bottom. c trailing behind. 10. egress n. ('ee-gress) a entrance. b exit. c shortcut. 11. recede v. (rih-'seed) a pass underneath. b lean to the right. c move back. 12. laterally adv. ('lat-uh-ruh-lee) a sideways. b backward. c upward. 13. polestar n. ('pohl-star) a western route. b North Star. c southern tip. 14. adjacent adj. (uh-'jay-sent) a at the fore. b neighboring. c pressing down. 15. abaft prep. (uh-'baft) a to the rear of. b on the border of. c downstream from. To play an interactive version of Word Power on your ipad, download the Reader’s Digest app.