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STILL Ten MORE Words That Make Me Stop to Think Quiz

before I put them down in ink. We left off at J on the last quiz, so let us see if there are any more hard-to-spell words in the rest of the alphabet. Ones we haven't already worked on, that is. Remember, US English.

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

Author
habitsowner

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,559

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. K - This is what you are when you know a lot about a subject, which means you'll no doubt get this answer correct. Hint

knowledgable

knowlegable

knoweledable

knowledgeable

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Question 2 of 10

2. L - This is what women wear under their clothes. Silk, lacy, ones are the best, although that's not what they're made of in this word. Hint

langerie

lingerie

langerray

lingerrie

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Question 3 of 10

3. M - This is what the Native Americans wore on their feet, and what I like to wear around the house. So comfy! Hint

maccasins

mocasins

moccasins

moccassins

4. N - This is what you are when you get a stomach upset or "bug". Nothing you want to do or to be. It also has a good deal to do with the early months of pregnancy, so you men will miss that experience. Hint

nawseated

nauseated

nawsheated

nausheated

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Question 5 of 10

5. O - Now this is what you do when you can't make up your mind between two or more things, such as "Which pair of shoes looks the best"? Or, "Should I go out with him or not?" It's a word that can be used lots of times in one's life! Hint

oscilate

oscillate

osillate

ossillate

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Question 6 of 10

6. P - This is how you'd best keep your skis when turning...or else you might be sorry! If also has other meanings, such as "everywhere equidistant". Hint

paralell

parrallel

parallel

parralel

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Question 7 of 10

7. Q - This is what you have to complete many times for bureaucratic reasons, or when applying for a job. Also, you usually must fill one out for your accountant who handles your Federal Income Taxes. Hint

questionaire

questionnaire

questionare

questionnare

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Question 8 of 10

8. R - This is a survey to gain information of some sort, often used in a military context. It's also what children think they're doing when they play cowboys and Indians, albeit they probably wouldn't think that word is what they're doing. Hint

reconnaisance

reconasence

reconnaissance

reconaissance

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Question 9 of 10

9. S - This could be something we plan while day-dreaming. It could also be something we think about as a possibility for future action. It can also be the plot outline of a play or television show as well as a libretto for the opera. Now, choose which is the correct spellings, please. Hint

scenaireo

senarreo

senaireo

scenario

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Question 10 of 10

10. T - This is something that may come in very handy if you're planning a Yard Sale and the weather looks as if it might turn bad. In fact, depending on how much "junque" you have, you might need two! Hint

tarpolin

tarpaulin

tarpollin

tarpaullin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. K - This is what you are when you know a lot about a subject, which means you'll no doubt get this answer correct.

Answer: knowledgeable

The word "knowledge" comes from the Middle English and was first used in the 14th century. The "able" was a form that was added and its first known use was in 1829.

2. L - This is what women wear under their clothes. Silk, lacy, ones are the best, although that's not what they're made of in this word.

Answer: lingerie

This word was first used in 1835 but did not become widespread until about 1852. It comes first from the Latin, "linum", meaning "flax or linen". Then from the Old French "linge" in the 12th century, again meaning "linen". Finally, in the 15th century it came from the French "lingerie", meaning "things made of linen".

It was first used in English as a euphemism for scandalous under-linen.

3. M - This is what the Native Americans wore on their feet, and what I like to wear around the house. So comfy!

Answer: moccasins

The origin of this word is from a North American native language and could be from the Algonquian of Virginia, "mockasin", or Powhatan of Virginia, "makisin", meaning "shoe". It could also have been from the Ojibwa, "makazin", the Narragansett, "mokussin", or the Micmac, "m'kusun". It was first used in English between 1610 and 1612.

Answer: nauseated

"Nausea" comes originally from the Greek, "nautia" or "nausia", both from "nautes" meaning "the sailor", and thus denoting that even the Greeks became seasick. The ending of the word "nauseous" was English, circa 1600, meaning "inclined to nausea".

Answer: oscillate

Seriously, the word means to move back and forth between two points or beliefs or theories, or even above and below a mean level. It comes from the Latin "oscillatus" which is the past participle of "oscillare" which means "to swing". It was first heard in English in 1726, and first used in electronics in 1917.

6. P - This is how you'd best keep your skis when turning...or else you might be sorry! If also has other meanings, such as "everywhere equidistant".

Answer: parallel

It comes originally from the Greek, "parallelos" a compound word from "para" meaning "beside" and "allelon", meaning "of one another". Then, from the Latin "parallelous", followed by the Middle French "parallele". It was first heard in the 1540's in English, followed by the verb form in 1590. The gymnastic use of the word, "parallel bars", was first used in 1868.

Answer: questionnaire

Originally from Middle French, "question" and then from French, "questionnier", meaning "to question". The first English use was in 1899 to 1901. There certainly have been many completed since those dates!

Answer: reconnaissance

Originally from the Old French, "reconoistre", meaning to "recognize", to the French "reconnaissance", meaning "act of surveying" or, literally, "recognition". The first known use in English was in 1810. The short form, "recon", came from the US military in 1918. In 1941, US military slang for the word was "recce".

Answer: scenario

"Scenario" is original from the Latin, "scena", meaning "scene", to the Late Latin "scenarius", which means "of stage scenes", from the Italian "scenario", which is "sketch of a plot of a play". Its first known use in English was circa 1875. 1962 was the first time in English that its meaning was "imagined situation".

Answer: tarpaulin

This word comes directly from English and was first recorded in somewhere between 1600 and 1605 as a heavy cloth covering that was often, itself, covered with tar to make it waterproof. In the 1640s, it was also used as a nickname for sailors from the tarpaulin garments they wore. That word was then shortened to "tar", which is still used for sailors.

In American in 1906 the shortened form "tarp" was first heard.

Source: Author habitsowner

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