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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