Word Blitz

Word Blitz

Choose the best definition for each word by clicking on the corresponding button. The answer key will be provided after the quiz is scored. Expand your vocabulary!

1.	A gammon is:

A type of Mongolian lizard

A side of bacon

An alcoholic cocktail

A kind of card game

A board game played on a checkered surface

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2.	A pessary is:

An intensive aerial campaign

A vaginal suppository

An implement used to pound or grind substances in a mortar

A contagious or infectious epidemic

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3.	An adder is:

A special ladder used for cleaning windows

An instrument for performing calculations

A type of snake

A tuberous vegetable

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4.	A haberdasher:

Survives by stealing from others

Bakes gourmet bread and pastries

Shines shoes

Sells men's clothing and accessories

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5.	A brioche is:

A young prostitute

A specially cut diamond

A light, slightly sweet bread

A semi-soft French cheese

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6.	Abstruse means:

Fat

Absurd or meaningless

Difficult to comprehend

Causing agitation

Open to attack or damage

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7.	To trammel is:

To enmesh or confine

To give motion to

To run fast

To jump into the air

To liberate from confinement

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8.	A geisha is:

A Nepalese Buddhist Temple

A young deer

A Japanese girl or woman trained to entertain men

A very small slipper worn by Japanese women

A Chinese soup

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9.	If you live in the boondocks, you live in:

A dangerous area

A densely populated area

A rural area

A country's capitol

A marshy area

Public housing projects

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10.	A grotto is:

A cat

A small bat

An Italian white wine

A cave

A hollow tree

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11.	A paroxysm is:

A hallucination

A sudden violent action or emotion

A persistent false psychotic belief

A blood transfusion

A state of frenzied excitement

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12.	Nepotism is:

Rule by a tyrant or absolute ruler

Fairness and straightforwardness of manner (and sincerity)

Favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on family relationship

The state of being simple

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13.	To be indomitable is:

To be cowardly

To be argumentative

To be dishonest

To be unconquerable

To be spiritless

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14.	Avarice is:

Hunger

Greed

Envy

Laziness

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15.	Altruism is:

An advocacy for the protection of the environment

A selfish disregard for the wellbeing of others

An advocacy for the sound treatment of animals

An unselfish regard for the wellbeing of others

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