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Definitions of Words Trivia Quiz

This quiz is on words I randomly picked from the Random House dictionary. It is difficult and there may be a different answer to a question. If there is, feel free to send me the answer and I may put it on the quiz. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by catfriedrice. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
catfriedrice

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
1,888

Updated
Dec 04 24

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1675

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Question 1 of 15

1. What word may be used to refer to any of various strong light-colored wines formerly brought from Spain?

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which of these terms refers to the act of freeing from restraint? Hint

surage

emancipate

besatre

yenola

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Question 3 of 15

3. What does the word carrus mean? Hint

a type of baggage cart

a Greek temple

a Roman marketplace

a worn out sock

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Question 4 of 15

4. What does the word epicist mean? Hint

epic poet

epic poem

epic story

epic epic

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Question 5 of 15

5. What part of speech is the word pyxis? Hint

verb

noun

adverb

adjective

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which of these is a herbaceous plant of the parsley family? Hint

helcinki

bescanternada

jilop

chervil

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Question 7 of 15

7. What is a keet? Hint

a basketball that has been deflated

the young of a robin

the young of a guinea fowl

an old shoe

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is another term for a litter of pigs?

Answer: (One Word 6 letters)

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is a xyst? Hint

a non-malignant growth

a covered portico

the art of cutting sections of wood

five thousand kids in a jail cell

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is a noma? Hint

a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth and cheeks and sometimes other parts

an incomplete or superficial knowledge

an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further

a computer falling from a seventy story building traveling at a constant velocity and speed

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is a cantle? Hint

an easy gallop

the hind part of a saddle usually curved upward

a simple lyric melody

a clock that is an hour fast

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Question 12 of 15

12. What word describes a slice of sweet raised bread, dried and cooked again in the oven? Hint

fly

rusk

belioska

noma

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Question 13 of 15

13. What does lassitude mean? Hint

a person that likes to eat wood

to choke on a toothpick or any small piece of wood

weariness of body or mind from strain or an oppressive climate

a bathtub filled halfway with water

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the name of a long broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono?

Answer: (three letters)

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Question 15 of 15

15. Is a gradin a muscle in the inner side of the thigh? Hint

no, it is a muscle on the outside of the upper arm

yes

no, it is a ledge or one of a tier of seats

no, it means someone who has achieved greatness

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What word may be used to refer to any of various strong light-colored wines formerly brought from Spain?

Answer: sack

2. Which of these terms refers to the act of freeing from restraint?

Answer: emancipate

3. What does the word carrus mean?

Answer: a type of baggage cart

A carrus was used by the Romans.

4. What does the word epicist mean?

Answer: epic poet

An epicist is someone who writes an epic poem, a long poem such as "The Iliad". Homer was an epicist.

5. What part of speech is the word pyxis?

Answer: noun

A pyxis is a type of Greek pottery that women used to store cosmetics and other toiletries.

6. Which of these is a herbaceous plant of the parsley family?

Answer: chervil

7. What is a keet?

Answer: the young of a guinea fowl

8. What is another term for a litter of pigs?

Answer: farrow

9. What is a xyst?

Answer: a covered portico

10. What is a noma?

Answer: a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth and cheeks and sometimes other parts

11. What is a cantle?

Answer: the hind part of a saddle usually curved upward

12. What word describes a slice of sweet raised bread, dried and cooked again in the oven?

Answer: rusk

13. What does lassitude mean?

Answer: weariness of body or mind from strain or an oppressive climate

14. What is the name of a long broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono?

Answer: obi

15. Is a gradin a muscle in the inner side of the thigh?

Answer: no, it is a ledge or one of a tier of seats

Source: Author catfriedrice

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