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Humility is Not Meekness
The following quiz is designed to test your English vocabulary. Each word has four choices with one choice closely matching to its meaning. Choose the closest matching choice. Answers are given at the end of the quiz.
Enjoy wordabbling.
1. Apheliotropic
a) Growing in hot ambience
b) Turning away from the sun
c) Turning toward the sun
d) None of the above
2. Catty
a) Malicious
b) Cute
c) Docile cat
d) None of the above
3. Cottonwool
a) Mix of cotton and wool
b) A fabric
c) Unprocessed cotton
d) None of the above
4. Dud
a) A kind of crude weapon
b) A Device or person proving to be failure
c) A young lad
d) None of the above
5. Forgettery
a) Related to forgetting
b) Faulty memory
c) An ideology
d) Both a & b
6. Gooseflesh
a) Rough skin
b) Induced by fear or cold
c) Related to goose
d) Both a & b
7. Meek
a) Timid
b) Humbly patient
c) Powerful
d) Both a & b
8. Parkade
a) Space above parking
b) Space for parking
c) Space below parking
d) None of the above
9. Scotch (v.t.)
a) To put an end to
b) A type of liquor
c) Related to Scotland
d) None of the above
10. Tenderable
a) Brittle
b) Pliable
c) Capable of offering in payment
d) None of the above
Answers:
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5 (d) 6 (d) 7 (a) 8 (b) 9. (a) 10 (c)
Your Score:
8-10 Excellent
5-7 Good
1-4 Need improvement
Published on May 1, 2006 08:49 PM
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