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  • 1. 

    What is a 13 letter word meaning "deviating from the normal form or standard type"?

    • A.

      Comprehensive

    • B.

      Heteromorphic

    • C.

      Reprehensible

    • D.

      Interpolation

    Correct Answer
    B. HeteromorpHic
  • 2. 

    What is a 6 letter word meaning "anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead"?

    • A.

      Bodily

    • B.

      Humbug

    • C.

      Impede

    • D.

      Canary

    Correct Answer
    B. Humbug
  • 3. 

    What is an 11 letter word meaning "shameful"?

    • A.

      Equilibrium

    • B.

      Reestablish

    • C.

      Ignominious

    • D.

      Degradation

    Correct Answer
    C. Ignominious
  • 4. 

    What is a 6 letter word meaning "to wet or moisten"?

    • A.

      Afresh

    • B.

      Deluge

    • C.

      Imbrue

    • D.

      Descry

    Correct Answer
    C. Imbrue
  • 5. 

    What is a 10 letter word meaning "separating, as oil and water"?

    • A.

      Immiscible

    • B.

      Ameliorate

    • C.

      Peccadillo

    • D.

      Dissension

    Correct Answer
    A. Immiscible
  • 6. 

    What is a 10 letter word meaning "want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage"?

    • A.

      Malcontent

    • B.

      Illiterate

    • C.

      Incapacity

    • D.

      Discipline

    Correct Answer
    C. Incapacity
  • 7. 

    What is a 7 letter word meaning "to hold back or in"?

    • A.

      Collide

    • B.

      Outlive

    • C.

      Inhibit

    • D.

      Repress

    Correct Answer
    C. Inhibit
  • 8. 

    What is a 9 letter word meaning "to render clear and intelligible"?

    • A.

      Versatile

    • B.

      Confluent

    • C.

      Irradiate

    • D.

      Consignor

    Correct Answer
    C. Irradiate
  • 9. 

    What is a 5 letter word meaning "a council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government"?

    • A.

      Aural

    • B.

      Cabal

    • C.

      Forby

    • D.

      Junta

    Correct Answer
    D. Junta
  • 10. 

    What is a 10 letter word meaning "untrue"?

    • A.

      Invalidate

    • B.

      Admissible

    • C.

      Impatience

    • D.

      Mendacious

    Correct Answer
    D. Mendacious
  • 11. 

    What is a 12 letter word meaning "alluring by false or gaudy show"?

    • A.

      Meretricious

    • B.

      Preponderant

    • C.

      Amphitheater

    • D.

      Pertinacious

    Correct Answer
    A. Meretricious
  • 12. 

    What is a 10 letter word meaning "having courage or spirit"?

    • A.

      Observance

    • B.

      Perversity

    • C.

      Iconoclast

    • D.

      Mettlesome

    Correct Answer
    D. Mettlesome
  • 13. 

    What is an 8 letter word meaning "to have weight or influence (in determining a question)"?

    • A.

      Felicity

    • B.

      Acquaint

    • C.

      Critique

    • D.

      Militate

    Correct Answer
    D. Militate
  • 14. 

    What is a 10-letter word meaning "of no practical value or effect, or can be safely ignored"?

    • A.

      Negligible

    • B.

      Desistance

    • C.

      Vulnerable

    • D.

      Lascivious

    Correct Answer
    A. Negligible
  • 15. 

    What is a 10 letter word meaning "the state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil"?

    • A.

      Opprobrium

    • B.

      Dissension

    • C.

      Declension

    • D.

      Profession

    Correct Answer
    A. Opprobrium

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