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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?
Friendly, amiable
Disgusting, horrible, abominable
Happy, blissful, relating to paradise
Voluptuous
Question 2:
If your behaviour is 'agrestic', it is this.
Rustic and uncouth
Wise and sage
Sweet and kind
In harmony with the given situation
Question 3:
What does the word 'casuistry' mean?
The hypothesis that the Earth moves around the Moon
Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles
Psychological analysis of a person's intentions and motivation
Moral principles concerning sexual relations with women
Question 4:
If you are a 'deipnosophist' then you are good at this.
Drawing sketches
Across-the-table chit chat
Pottery
Telling jokes
Question 5:
A Syzygy is the straight line configuration of 3 ...?
Volcanoes
Black holes
Capital cities
Celestial bodies
Question 6:
Pleonasm is a literary term. Which of these could be considered an example of pleonasm?
A cheerful child
A tiny little child
An ugly man
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
Softness
Pubescence
Projections
Question 9:
Which of the following characters can be described as 'oleaginous'?
Robinson Crusoe ('Robinson Crusoe' by Defoe)
Horatio ('Hamlet' by Shakespeare)
Dorian Gray ('The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Wilde)
Uriah Heep ('David Copperfield' by Dickens)
Question 10:
The word 'inanition' means this.
Mental hollowness
Power and might
Relating to charity
Excessive talking
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