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Vocab list 2 quiz

Question 1 of 15

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What does arable mean?

Select one of the following:

  • fit for cultivation

  • dry

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

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What is a brigand?

Select one or more of the following:

  • a robber/ bandit

  • a nice person

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

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What does carte blanche mean?

Select one of the following:

  • having authority with no bounds

  • a bland cart

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

1

What is a consomme?

Select one of the following:

  • a clear soup

  • a broth base

  • a dried spice

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

1

What does it mean to be contemptuous?

Select one of the following:

  • plain

  • Scornful and and haughty

  • silly

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

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What does cosmopolitan mean?

Select one of the following:

  • loud

  • worldly, sophisticated

  • you like to drink

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Question 7 of 15

1

What does discerning mean?

Select one of the following:

  • lacking know-how

  • being understanding

  • distinguishing differences, detecting

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

1

What is a donny brook?

Select one of the following:

  • a wet seal

  • a creek

  • a fight/ uproar

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Question 9 of 15

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What is an incantation?

Select one of the following:

  • a musical instrument

  • a pipe horn

  • charm

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

1

Who is an interlocutor?

Select one of the following:

  • your face

  • a crazy person

  • questioner/ on-stage speaker

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

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What is a metamorphosis?

Select one of the following:

  • a dramatic change

  • a chance

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Question 12 of 15

1

What is a nomenclature?

Select one of the following:

  • necklace clasp

  • naming system in art or science

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

1

What is serendipity?

Select one of the following:

  • an ice cream

  • a fortunate discovery made by accident

Explanation

Question 14 of 15

1

What is a stentorian noise?

Select one of the following:

  • very quiet

  • very loud

  • very wierd

Explanation

Question 15 of 15

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What is a vestige?

Select one of the following:

  • evidence; trace

  • person of status

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