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Difficult Words Test | Vocabulary

More words than you know what to do with...have fun!

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

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
72,839

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
723

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Question 1 of 10

1. Gummata comes from the word gum, yet I hardly think you would wish to chew this thing. What is this rubbery thing? Hint

a forest oread

syphilitic wem

rubber orach

rubber wort

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Question 2 of 10

2. Often seeing enormous lines at McDonald's and experiencing the strange wafting smells, I wonder why the 'eugonic' food is so popular. What are eugonic substances generally called? Hint

Mouth-watering

Healthy

Artificial food

Green agar-like food

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Question 3 of 10

3. The 'Uncertainty of the Poet' by DeChirico was painted with a 'dysteleological' frame of mind. What did DeChirico reply when Apollinaire asked him, about the aim of the painting? Hint

The figures are arbitary

The figures are invisible

Purpose is more or less aimless

Mona Lisa is somewhat the tantamount reflection

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of the family of thornbushes that was used to create Ben Panthera'a 'Crown of Thorns'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What word comes from the Latin term for a 'leaper'...(he was often a circus peformer hopping from horse to horse)? Hint

desultory

galericultory

saltatory

guttatory

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following would not describe some form of alienated symbiosis shared by the insect world? Hint

synergia

synechthy

metochy

symphily

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Question 7 of 10

7. Enron displayed accounting acquitments. What other professions practice the use of acquitments? Hint

shysters

magicians

thugs

thieves

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Question 8 of 10

8. Shakespeare often describes his female characters as showing off their prepossessing 'pettitoes'. What are they? Hint

small fingers

a little learning

metanoetics

pig's trotters

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of the toady character made famous by Terence in his play 'Eunuchus'? Hint

Rodomontad

Roncelas

Gabion

Gnatho

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the spring in Thessaly that was home of the Muses?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Gummata comes from the word gum, yet I hardly think you would wish to chew this thing. What is this rubbery thing?

Answer: syphilitic wem

2. Often seeing enormous lines at McDonald's and experiencing the strange wafting smells, I wonder why the 'eugonic' food is so popular. What are eugonic substances generally called?

Answer: Artificial food

3. The 'Uncertainty of the Poet' by DeChirico was painted with a 'dysteleological' frame of mind. What did DeChirico reply when Apollinaire asked him, about the aim of the painting?

Answer: Purpose is more or less aimless

Teleological is of course to have some purpose of design. Dysteleological in a sense to be aimless and purely designed by chance...I wonder if this is really possible though?

4. What was the name of the family of thornbushes that was used to create Ben Panthera'a 'Crown of Thorns'?

Answer: Paliurus

5. What word comes from the Latin term for a 'leaper'...(he was often a circus peformer hopping from horse to horse)?

Answer: desultory

Desultor-ious- was often a person who was inconstant, or a circus leaper.

6. Which of the following would not describe some form of alienated symbiosis shared by the insect world?

Answer: synergia

7. Enron displayed accounting acquitments. What other professions practice the use of acquitments?

Answer: magicians

8. Shakespeare often describes his female characters as showing off their prepossessing 'pettitoes'. What are they?

Answer: pig's trotters

Pettitoes can also mean small human feet, such as those of a child.

9. What is the name of the toady character made famous by Terence in his play 'Eunuchus'?

Answer: Gnatho

10. What was the name of the spring in Thessaly that was home of the Muses?

Answer: Pieria

Obviously, made famous by Pope's 'A little learning is a dangerous thing, drink deep or not taste the Pierian spring.'

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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