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SINcerely Yours Trivia Quiz

All these words are quite evil. I know this because they all start with sin. I'll give a definition and some words. You tell me which word fits the definition.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ilona_Ritter. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Ilona_Ritter

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
332,869

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
703

Question 1 of 10

1. Which word means "A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed"? Hint

sincipita

sinew

sinecure

sinapism

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Question 2 of 10

2. What word means "honest"? Hint

sinfonia

sin

sincere

sine

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Question 3 of 10

3. What word means a small symphony? Hint

sinfonietta

singlet

singed

singleton

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which word is a horse related term meaning: The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed? Hint

singlets

sinistral

singularize

singletree

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which word can mean either being on the left side, or wrong? Hint

sink

sinistrous

sinker

sinless

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Question 6 of 10

6. What word means relating to the Chinese language or Chinese literature? Hint

sinological

sinology

sinologue

sinopia

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Question 7 of 10

7. What word refers to marijuana with high levels of THC? Hint

sinsemilla

sinter

sinsyne

sinning

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Question 8 of 10

8. What word means to bend in and out? Hint

sinuosity

sinuate

sinus

sinusitis

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Question 9 of 10

9. What word means a curve of sines? Hint

sins

sincerest

since

sinusoid

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which word means resembling a tendon? Hint

sinewy

singularly

sinful

sinkhole

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which word means "A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed"?

Answer: sinapism

Sincipita means forehead.
Sinecure means any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service.
Sinew means either a tendon or to knit together.

2. What word means "honest"?

Answer: sincere

Sin is any act against God.
Sine is a mathematical term meaning the length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity.
Sinfonia means a symphony.

3. What word means a small symphony?

Answer: sinfonietta

Singed is the past tense of singe.
Singlet is an unlined waistcoat.
Singleton is a card playing term.

4. Which word is a horse related term meaning: The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed?

Answer: singletree

Singlets are unlined waistcoats.
To singularize means to make single or diminish.
Sinistral means related to the left.

5. Which word can mean either being on the left side, or wrong?

Answer: sinistrous

A sink is either an item used to wash up, or as a verb it also means to go under.
A sinker is something or someone that sinks, a weight such as on a fishing line, or a part of a sewing machine.
Sinless means perfect; without sin.

6. What word means relating to the Chinese language or Chinese literature?

Answer: sinological

A sinologue is a student of Chinese.
Sinology is the study of Chinese (both culture and the actual language).
Sinopia is a red ocher.

7. What word refers to marijuana with high levels of THC?

Answer: sinsemilla

Sinsyne is of Scottish origin and means from that time.
Sinter means dross, as of iron.
Sinning is the process of committing sin.

8. What word means to bend in and out?

Answer: sinuate

Sinuosity is a bend or curve.
Sinus is a cavity (found in the face around the nose).
Sinusitis is the inflammation of the sinuses.

9. What word means a curve of sines?

Answer: sinusoid

Sins is the plural of sin.
Since means from the time of.
Sincerest means the most sincere.

10. Which word means resembling a tendon?

Answer: sinewy

Sinful means full of sin.
Singularly means extraordinarily.
A sinkhole is a depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.

Source: Author Ilona_Ritter

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