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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?

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

Question 2:

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

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

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
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.

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

Question 5:

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

Capital cities
Celestial bodies
Volcanoes
Black holes

Question 6:

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

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

Question 7:

The word 'condign' means undeserved and unmerited.

False
True

Question 8:

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

Projections
Softness
Pubescence
Hairs

Question 9:

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

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

Question 10:

The word 'inanition' means this.

Power and might
Mental hollowness
Excessive talking
Relating to charity

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