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For each question, choose (or type) the word that matches the definition shown!
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For each question, choose (or type) the word that matches the definition shown!
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"Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way."
Brash
Diffident
Sanctimonious
Voluptious
39% got this right
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"Suggesting good fortune, of good omen; indicating future success."
Auspicious
Benevolent
Garrolous
Pertaining
36% got this right
The word "auspicious" was invented by Shakespeare, first appearing in the play "Love's Labour's Lost"
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"A low-melting alloy, often based on lead and tin, used to physically join less fusible metals together."
Solder
Mortar
Plumbum
Weld
36% got this right
In US English, the the first "L" in solder is silent, and the word is pronounced "sodder"
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"Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour."
Facetious
Earnest
Felicitous
Hackneyed
42% got this right
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"A large area of flat, unforested grassland in south-eastern Europe or Siberia"
Steppe
Plateau
Prairie
Savanna
13% got this right
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"Able to move quickly, easily, and lightly; used especially to describe an older person"
Spry
Adjunct
Awry
Wiry
30% got this right
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"A process of movement of solvents through a membrane from an area of low concentration to a high solute concentration"
Osmosis
Aspiration
Condensation
Suspension
37% got this right
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"To cause (someone) to be in a state of confusion; to upset, disorient."
Discombobulate
Dinoflagellate
Forfend
Parry
63% got this right
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For the remaining questions, the answers must be typed
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"A racquet (or 'racket') sport, played by using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net."
Badminton
83% got this right
Badminton is the fastest racquet sport, with shuttles clocking up speeds in excess of 200mph
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"The act of officially excluding someone from participation in the Christian (especially the Roman Catholic) Church."
Ex-communicate
Ex-communicating
Ex-communication
Excommunicate
Excommunicating
Excommunication
83% got this right
Nowadays the word "excommunication" might sound more like losing signal on your device
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"The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes, producing a pleasing effect. (Also: A state of agreement)"
Harmony
85% got this right
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48 random squares
"A type of Italian pasta, whose name translates literally as 'Little tongues'".
Linguine
Linguini
86% got this right
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"A type of lens, often in glasses, that allows things to be seen clearly that are at various different distances."
Varifocal
Varifocals
Verifocal
Verifocals
Bifocal
86% got this right
Varifocal glasses have more than one prescription in each lens. This type of lens is also used in cameras.
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"A clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt, and flavoured with juniper berries."
Gin
85% got this right
While gin may be the national spirit of England, the spirit originated in Holland.
