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10 Questions about Difficult Words | Humanities

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A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
19,662

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
821

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Question 1 of 10

1. What word means 'lacking insight or discernment'? Hint

purblind

purmuck

purloin

perfuse

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which word does not mean to equivocate? Hint

bun kum

gammon

parley

jesuitism

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Question 3 of 10

3. What word means to give someone an enema? Hint

cloister

clyster

coign

cant

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Question 4 of 10

4. What word describes the red-orange primordial muck that sprung life? Hint

yersina

ylem

yuppie

yirple

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Question 5 of 10

5. What word describes to work up into a ball of 'excitement'? Hint

foible

forlorn

feeze

feign

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Question 6 of 10

6. What word comes from the Seven against Thebes, and describes a 2nd rate thinker? Hint

epimouche

epigone

epimindes

epic

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Question 7 of 10

7. What kind of animal is swallowed by a Gobemouche, if the word is taken literally? Hint

fly

frog

snail

worm

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Question 8 of 10

8. Humans use the podials and metapodials to walk. What type of walking is this called? Hint

scansorial

uxialigrade

metagrade

plantigrade

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is another word for sebaceous cyst? Hint

weir

wexigolials

wedigo

wen

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Question 10 of 10

10. What action are you performing when you are raddling? Hint

weaving

laughing

smiling

joking

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What word means 'lacking insight or discernment'?

Answer: purblind

2. Which word does not mean to equivocate?

Answer: parley

3. What word means to give someone an enema?

Answer: clyster

4. What word describes the red-orange primordial muck that sprung life?

Answer: ylem

5. What word describes to work up into a ball of 'excitement'?

Answer: feeze

6. What word comes from the Seven against Thebes, and describes a 2nd rate thinker?

Answer: epigone

7. What kind of animal is swallowed by a Gobemouche, if the word is taken literally?

Answer: fly

The word literally means fly swallower. Figuratively, it is applied to a naive person, easily duped - the image is of someone walking around, mouth agape, scarcely able to believe what they are seeing.

8. Humans use the podials and metapodials to walk. What type of walking is this called?

Answer: plantigrade

9. What is another word for sebaceous cyst?

Answer: wen

10. What action are you performing when you are raddling?

Answer: weaving

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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