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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    What is a four-letter word meaning "to talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity"?

    • A.

      Duet

    • B.

      Bide

    • C.

      Rife

    • D.

      Cant

    Correct Answer
    D. Cant
  • 2. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "a choral composition"?

    • A.

      Bailiff

    • B.

      Cantata

    • C.

      Trident

    • D.

      Lunatic

    Correct Answer
    B. Cantata
  • 3. 

    What is a five-letter word meaning "one of the divisions of an extended poem"?

    • A.

      Canto

    • B.

      Venal

    • C.

      Usage

    • D.

      Sinus

    Correct Answer
    A. Canto
  • 4. 

    What is a 10-letter word meaning "the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered"?

    • A.

      Hypotenuse

    • B.

      Hesitation

    • C.

      Cantonment

    • D.

      Commentary

    Correct Answer
    C. Cantonment
  • 5. 

    What is a 9 letter word meaning "roomy"?

    • A.

      Intension

    • B.

      Zeitgeist

    • C.

      Miscreant

    • D.

      Capacious

    Correct Answer
    D. Capacious
  • 6. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "a heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc"?

    • A.

      Cornice

    • B.

      Gaseous

    • C.

      Pincers

    • D.

      Caption

    Correct Answer
    D. Caption
  • 7. 

    What is a 9 letter word meaning "to fascinate, as by excellence eloquence, or beauty"?

    • A.

      Captivate

    • B.

      Naturally

    • C.

      Garrulous

    • D.

      Proscribe

    Correct Answer
    A. Captivate
  • 8. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "the dead body of an animal"?

    • A.

      Onerous

    • B.

      Shuffle

    • C.

      Carcass

    • D.

      Granary

    Correct Answer
    C. Carcass
  • 9. 

    What is a five-letter word meaning "a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc, should be inserted"?

    • A.

      Ready

    • B.

      Caret

    • C.

      Sapid

    • D.

      Valid

    Correct Answer
    B. Caret
  • 10. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "massacre"?

    • A.

      Brevity

    • B.

      Burgher

    • C.

      Carnage

    • D.

      Copious

    Correct Answer
    C. Carnage
  • 11. 

    What is an 11-letter word meaning "eating or living on flesh"?

    • A.

      Accompanist

    • B.

      Incarcerate

    • C.

      Carnivorous

    • D.

      Progression

    Correct Answer
    C. Carnivorous
  • 12. 

    What is a five-letter word meaning "the division of society on artificial grounds"?

    • A.

      Parse

    • B.

      Caste

    • C.

      Valid

    • D.

      Assay

    Correct Answer
    B. Caste
  • 13. 

    What is a 9 letter word meaning "any overwhelming flood of water"?

    • A.

      Mendicant

    • B.

      Pentagram

    • C.

      Meliorate

    • D.

      Cataclysm

    Correct Answer
    D. Cataclysm
  • 14. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery"?

    • A.

      Digress

    • B.

      Leisure

    • C.

      Cathode

    • D.

      Retrace

    Correct Answer
    C. Cathode
  • 15. 

    What is an 11-letter word meaning "universal prevalence or acceptance"?

    • A.

      Persecution

    • B.

      Ingratitude

    • C.

      Catholicity

    • D.

      Chronometer

    Correct Answer
    C. Catholicity

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