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An 'Inspired' Quiz

All of the words in this quiz contain the word 'spire', with reference to the "Collins English Dictionary, Third Edition".

A multiple-choice quiz by demurechicky. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
demurechicky

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
309,150

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
338

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which 'spire' word means, 'to become known or come to light'?

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which 'spire' word means, 'any of a genus of slender aerobic spiral-shaped spirochetes that are free-living or parasitic in mammals'?

Answer: (One Word, 10 letters, begins with L)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which 'spire' word means, 'to sweat'?

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which 'spire' word means, 'to have great ambition or to desire strongly'?

Answer: (One Word, 6 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which 'spire' word means, 'to plan together secretly to commit an illegal act'?

Answer: (One Word, 8 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which 'spire' word means, 'to inhale and exhale'?

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'The tangle of filaments that appears at the beginning of the prophase portion of meiosis or mitosis'. Which 'spire' word is this?

Answer: (One Word, 6 or 7 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which 'spire' word means, 'to breathe or to sigh'?

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which 'spire' word means, 'not particularly good or exciting'?

Answer: (One Word, 10 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which 'spire' word means, 'having a spire or tapered to a fine point'?

Answer: (One Word, 6 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which 'spire' word means, 'to become known or come to light'?

Answer: Transpire

With regard to plants, the word transpire means 'to lose water in the form of water vapour especially through the stomata of the leaves'.

2. Which 'spire' word means, 'any of a genus of slender aerobic spiral-shaped spirochetes that are free-living or parasitic in mammals'?

Answer: Leptospire

'Leptospirosis' is 'any of several infectious diseases caused by spirochaete bacteria of the genus 'leptospira' transmitted to man by animals and characterized by jaundice, menengitis and kidney failure'

3. Which 'spire' word means, 'to sweat'?

Answer: Perspire

The definition of the word perspire is 'to secrete or exude perspiration through the pores of the skin'.

4. Which 'spire' word means, 'to have great ambition or to desire strongly'?

Answer: Aspire

Other meanings for the word aspire, are 'to yearn for' or 'to have a powerful or ambitious plan'.

5. Which 'spire' word means, 'to plan together secretly to commit an illegal act'?

Answer: Conspire

The Latin word for conspire is 'conspirare', which means 'to plot together, and literally means to breathe together, from spirare, meaning to breathe'.

6. Which 'spire' word means, 'to inhale and exhale'?

Answer: Respire

The word respire also means 'to breathe again in a relaxed manner, after stress or exertion'.

7. 'The tangle of filaments that appears at the beginning of the prophase portion of meiosis or mitosis'. Which 'spire' word is this?

Answer: Spirem

This word stems from the Greek word 'Speirema, a coil'.

8. Which 'spire' word means, 'to breathe or to sigh'?

Answer: Suspire

The word suspire can also mean 'to yearn'; it stems from the Latin word, 'spirare', which means 'to breathe'.

9. Which 'spire' word means, 'not particularly good or exciting'?

Answer: Uninspired

The word uninspired can also mean 'dull or ordinary', for example 'an uninspired painting'.

10. Which 'spire' word means, 'having a spire or tapered to a fine point'?

Answer: Spired

A blade of grass can be described as spired, as it tapers to a fine point.

Source: Author demurechicky

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