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Scary Words

written by: bobby

I bet most of you have seen the scary never-ending SAT word lists. Take this quiz and see how easy you can learn ten such words.

Question 1:

What does the word 'elysian' mean?

Voluptuous
Disgusting, horrible, abominable
Happy, blissful, relating to paradise
Friendly, amiable

Question 2:

If your behaviour is 'agrestic', it is this.

Wise and sage
Sweet and kind
Rustic and uncouth
In harmony with the given situation

Question 3:

What does the word 'casuistry' mean?

Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles
The hypothesis that the Earth moves around the Moon
Moral principles concerning sexual relations with women
Psychological analysis of a person's intentions and motivation

Question 4:

If you are a 'deipnosophist' then you are good at this.

Across-the-table chit chat
Telling jokes
Drawing sketches
Pottery

Question 5:

A Syzygy is the straight line configuration of 3 ...?

Volcanoes
Black holes
Celestial bodies
Capital cities

Question 6:

Pleonasm is a literary term. Which of these could be considered an example of pleonasm?

An ugly man
A tiny little child
A cheerful child
A 500-kilogram person

Question 7:

The word 'condign' means undeserved and unmerited.

True
False

Question 8:

If leaves are 'glabrous', then they have none of these qualities, except one. Can you spot it?

Hairs
Pubescence
Projections
Softness

Question 9:

Which of the following characters can be described as 'oleaginous'?

Dorian Gray ('The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Wilde)
Robinson Crusoe ('Robinson Crusoe' by Defoe)
Horatio ('Hamlet' by Shakespeare)
Uriah Heep ('David Copperfield' by Dickens)

Question 10:

The word 'inanition' means this.

Excessive talking
Mental hollowness
Relating to charity
Power and might

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