Vocabulary

Question 1

Spelunker

a) Something which makes you laugh
b) A wild Mexican dog
c) Someone who explores caves
d) A Russian appetizer

Answer 1

c) Someone who explores caves

Lauria

Question 2

Aglet

a) Stuffed full
b) The plastic tip of a shoelace
c) A bandage
d) An ancient word for the letter Z

Answer 2

b) The plastic tip of a shoelace

Lauria

Question 3

Sebum

a) A group of eight
b) The Latin word for grease
c) A cleaning lady who likes to cook
d) An Irish term meaning sweetheart

Answer 3

b) The Latin word for grease

Lauria

Question 4

Modena

a) A think porridge
b) A really big nose
c) A dark purplish color
d) A rider’s seat on a camel or elephant

Answer 4

c) A dark purplish color

(Lauria

Question 5

Hamartia

a) a flaw leading to downfall
b) kinetic energy

Answer 5

a
Noun
A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.

-Katie

Question 6

Bilk

a) to defraud
b) the bottom-most level of a boat

Answer 6

a
Verb
To cheat or defraud

-Katie

Question 7

Blithe

a) smooth
b) Showing cheerful indifference

Answer 7

b
Adjective
Showing a casual and cheerful indifference, often considered improper.

• Katie

Question 8

Auscultation

a) A waving motion
b) listening to sounds of the heart, lungs etc.
c) both a and b

Answer 8

b
Noun
The action to listening to sounds do the heart, lungs, or other organs, generally with a stethoscope.

• Katie

Question 9

Crepuscular

a) Having to do with crabs, lobster or other crustaceans.
b) Of or relating to twilight.

Answer 9

b
Adjective
Of, or relating to the time of twilight.

• Katie

Question 10

Blunderbuss

a) An action which is not subtle or well thought-out
b) a short barreled gun with a flared muzzle, short range.
c) both a and b

Answer 10

c
Noun
1) An action which is not subtle or clear cut, often not well thought out.
2) A short barreled gun with a flared muzzle, used for short range.

-Katie

Question 11

Abstruse

a) difficult to understand
b) a angle given a value greater than 90 degrees

Answer 11

a
Adjective
Difficult to understand.

-Katie

Question 12

Laconic

a) Well known or having a great following
b) Using few words

Answer 12

b
Adjective
Using few words.

-Katie

Question 13

Lampoon

a) to publicly criticize or ridicule
b) the actions of a buffoon or blundering person.
c) a spear-like weapon
d) a and c

Answer 13

a
Verb
To publicly criticize or ridicule.

-Katie

Question 14

Ether

a) The clear sky
b) a medication which influences an unconscious state.
c) both a and b

Answer 14

c
Noun
1) The clear sky
2) a medication which influences an unconscious state.

-Katie

Question 15

Internecine

a) a medication which stops the heart
b) damaging to both sides of a conflict

Answer 15

b
Adjective
Damaging to both sides in a conflict.

Question 16

Phrontistery

a) A characteristic of a person who tends to confront others, lending to insult.
b) A place to go to think or learn.

Answer 16

b
Noun
A place to go to think or learn.

-Katie

Question 17

Aboulomania

a) a pathological fear of decisiveness
b) a pathological obsession with or addiction to brothy soups

Answer 17

a
Noun
A pathological fear of decisiveness.

-Katie

Question 18

Fringilline

a) of or relating to finches
b) something which is on the edges, either or society, its normal boundaries, or general norms for that subject.

Answer 18

a
Adjective
Of or relating to finches.

-Katie

Question 19

Flivver

a) the rope system used to secure the sails of a ship to its main mast
b) a cheap car or airplane

Answer 19

b
Noun
A cheap car or airplane.

-Katie

Question 20

Incunabulist

a) one who collects old books or literature
b) the characteristic of pathological fear of leaving a place which is perceived to be safe (ie: house, car, room etc)

Answer 20

a
Noun
One who collects old books or literature.

-Katie

Question 21

Ischemia

a) lack of background knowledge, commonality or context with which to connect to or understand another individual.
b) lack of blood supply due to an obstruction

Answer 21

b
Noun
Lack of blood supply due to an obstruction.

-Katie

Question 22

Qually

a) a ‘bang up job’, superbly executed
b) (usually of) wine that is cloudy or turbid

Answer 22

b
Adjective
(Usually of) wine that is cloudy or turbid.

-Katie

Question 23

Turbid

a) tumultuous or stormy in appearance
b) a liquid that is cloudy or compromised by suspended matter
c) both a and b

Answer 23

b
Adjective
Of liquid that is cloudy, opaque, or is otherwise compromised by suspended/floating matter… Think graham crackers dropped in your coffee.

-Katie

Question 24

Incipient

a) beginning or early stages
b) rude or uncouth

Answer 24

a
Adjective
In beginning, early stages.

-Katie

Question 25

Reticent a) balanced, accounted for to the last detail b) shy, unwilling to speak

Answer 25

b Adjective Shy, unwilling to speak. -Katie

Question 26

Dilettante a) one who cultivates an area of interest without real commitment or knowledge c) a high ranking officer in historical French armies

Answer 26

a Noun One who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge. -Katie

Question 27

Undulate a) to wave rhythmically b) to waver back and forth, non-commital

Answer 27

a Verb To wave rhythmically.

Question 28

Deprecate a) to devalue or demolish b) to disapprove of

Answer 28

b Verb To disapprove of.

Question 29

Prevaricate a) to preeminently take over b) to lie or avoid the truth c) to assume a position based on assumption of future consequences.

Answer 29

b Verb To lie or avoid the truth.

Question 30

Barbiturate a) any of a class of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs derived from barbituric acid. b) a person of ancient roman heritage.

Answer 30

a Noun Any of a class of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs derived from barbituric acid. Used for Death with Dignity/assisted suicide situations.

Question 31

Preeminent a) surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way. b) foreseeing possible consequences or circumstance of current action

Answer 31

a Adjective Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.

Question 32

Fervid a) Intense, ardent b) Cold, unresponsive

Answer 32

a Adjective Intense

Question 33

Slake a) A type of stone which breaks in sheet-like chunks b) To calm or satisfy, especially of thirst

Answer 33

b Verb To calm or satisfy

Question 34

Placid a) Stiff yet yielding b) Calm and serene

Answer 34

b Adjective Calm and serene

Question 35

Sain a) In one's right mind b) to bless or give the sign of the cross

Answer 35

b Verb To bless, to do the sign of the cross on oneself

Question 36

Suq or Souk a) An open-air marketplace in the middle east or northern Africa b) Woolen shoe inserts

Answer 36

a Noun An arab open air marketplace or bazaar

Question 37

Disabuse a) To correct or persuade someone that they are mistaken b) To prevent misuse or curruption

Answer 37

a Verb To correct or persuade someone that they are mistaken.

Question 38

Taxonomy a) an ordered classification b) the branch of science concerned with classification

Answer 38

both a and b | Noun

Question 39

Plangent a) Resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell. b) A line in a plane in a geometric figure.

Answer 39

a Adjective Resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell. -Misi

Question 40

Cadre a) an Italian priest or member of any similar religious hierarchy. b) a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force.

Answer 40

b Noun a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force. -Misi

Question 41

Adumbrate a) to sling verbal insults b) to foreshadow; prefigure.

Answer 41

b Verb to foreshadow; prefigure. -Misi

Question 42

Fibonacci a) A famous Greek painter b) A sequence of numbers found everywhere in nature

Answer 42

a Noun or Adjective A sequence of numbers found everywhere in nature. -Misi