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By Definition: A Vocabulary Quiz
We've chosen ten words from the dictionary of the
Encarta Reference Library
to test your vocabulary. We've mixed the real meanings in with some made-up ones--see if you can tell which of the three definitions is the true one!
1
An addax is
a)
A medieval calculating tool
b)
A long-horned desert antelope of North Africa
c)
A blank page in a book before the title page
2
Something that is chthonic is
a)
From the Greek mythological underworld
b)
Flat-footed
c)
Mildly ill with a disease of farm animals
3
Dyspnea is
a)
A sport that involves hurling a dysp for distance and accuracy
b)
A vein through which tree sap rises
c)
Difficulty in breathing
4
An esker is
a)
A ridge of sand left by a river that flows under a glacier
b)
A person who removes the metal ridge left by welding
c)
The ring on the left in a three-ring circus
5
Fiacre means
a)
To bluff, especially while playing cards
b)
A small horse-drawn carriage
c)
Light purple, between lilac and lavender
6
A gnomon is
a)
The pointer on a sundial
b)
A character in fairy tales that has very long, thin fingers
c)
A button that controls the valves on a trumpet
7
Hiragana is
a)
A popular fish for tropical aquariums
b)
Native American sand painting
c)
A set of symbols used for writing in Japanese
8
A jerboa is
a)
A small rodent that lives in Africa and Asia
b)
A martial-arts maneuver
c)
A feathery scarf worn in the 1800s
9
Killick means
a)
To prepare a canvas before painting on it
b)
A small anchor
c)
Quick and scampering about like a mouse
10
If you mulct, you
a)
Fine somebody or cheat somebody out of something
b)
Turn bread dough as it rises
c)
Are a street performer
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