Find the Right Word Trivia Quiz

Answer: Abdicate

Abdicate is most often used to describe what happens when a king or queen gives up their throne. Sometimes this is voluntary, because they feel they are too old, and at other times they are forced to abdicate because of a revolution.

Allocate means to share out, adjudicate means to act as a judge and make a decision, while advocate means to speak in favour of something or someone.

Answer: Catamaran

A catamaran is a kind of boat with two hulls (the part which sits on the water) and is usually propelled by sails.

A catkin is a dangling flower found on some kinds of trees, while a catapult is used to propel stones using elastic fastened to a stick. A catalyst is used in chemistry to describe anything which can speed up a chemical reaction without being changed itself.

Answer: Delicate

Delicate could describe fine china, which would smash if dropped, or fine fabrics, like chiffon, or even someone who is slightly built.

Desiccate means to dry up, or remove moisture from something while domesticate means to tame, usually referring to an animal. Dedicate means to spend time on something - dedicate yourself to doing your homework well, perhaps.

Answer: Educate

You should know this one if you go to school, as that's why you are there - to be educated. Even when you leave school, every time you learn something knew, that can still be called education.

Eradicate means to get rid of, like the unwanted weeds in your garden or yard. Extricate is when you remove someone from an awkward position, perhaps if they have their foot stuck in a hole. Equivocate means to avoid giving a straight answer to a question. It's not quite the same as lying, where you tell a deliberate untruth.

Answer: Indicate

You can indicate by using your finger to point, or just by nodding your head at the right time to show someone the way.

Intricate means something having a lot of detail, like a pattern, on it and imprecate means to curse someone, by casting a spell on them. To implicate someone is to give away the fact that that person was involved in misdeeds or crime.

Answer: Mastication

Mastication is a more complicated word meaning the same as chewing food in your mouth.

Medication refers to the drugs and medicine used to cure diseases and modification is the act of changing something from its original state. Multiplication means increasing something, as in 3 multiplied by 6 equals 18.

Answer: Pontificate

Not everyone who gives a speech will pontificate. The word is used to describe someone who talks as if their opinion is the only one that matters.

Placate means to calm somebody down while the similar word plicate means to fold - a fan with lots of folds is plicated. A polecat is a wild animal in the weasel family.

Answer: Relocation

Location refers to a place, so relocation means moving to a different place. You might need to relocate for a new job, for example.

Replication means repeating or duplicating, often used in science to check that an experiment produces the same result. Reciprocation means doing a favour for someone in return for something they have done for you. Rustication means moving to the country, but is usually used to describe someone sent home from university for bad behaviour.

Answer: Secateurs

Secateurs are a tool which look a bit like scissors and are used to cut small branches in the garden. They are often used to prune roses, which need to be cut back to make sure they bloom well.

A scatterbrain is a disorganised person, who tends to forget things easily and to suffocate someone is to prevent them from breathing. Silicate is a kind of mineral.

Answer: Vocation

A vocation is used to describe a job which might need more dedication than an ordinary one. It is often used for people who have a strong calling to be preachers, or to care for sick people.

A vacation is a break from work, called a holiday in the United Kingdom, while vesication refers to blistering of the skin - what happens when stinging nettles touch you. Vindication means being cleared of a false accusation.