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Daily Vocabulary Quiz
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-7-2005 23:57
OK ... as there are so many readers and writers here, we'll see if this is popular ...
I'll post a list of dictionary definitions and see if you can provide the word. I'll try to balance between making it too hard and making it interesting. I'll try and make it so that, even if you don't one right, you'll at least have heard the word before. For each quiz, all answers will begin with the same letter:
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Arthur Granville Smith
Well-Connected
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Jun-14-2005 03:45
Not tried this before, so let's have a go!
1) nascent
2) nefarious
3) nepotism
4) ? can only think of nightmare!
5) nuance
6) ???
bonus: necrophilia?
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-14-2005 03:47
Arthur: 4/6 (pretty good!). As for the bonus word - no it's not necrophilia! Let's try and keep this clean, now : o )
4 & 6 still unsolved.
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Markie P
Well-Connected
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Jun-14-2005 04:24
6)Noctambulism
You got me on 4, Blaise:(
Bonus - necromancy?
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-14-2005 05:17
Markie P - Yup, you got 6. Also called 'noctambulation'.
4 & the bonus word still unsolved.
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Arthur Granville Smith
Well-Connected
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Jun-14-2005 05:43
Sorry, Blaise - couldn't think of anything else that came near the bonus word!
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Jun-14-2005 06:09
And then necrophelia was the first thing that came to mind? LOL.
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Esme Weatherwax
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Jun-14-2005 07:24
4) noctuary
Bonus) necrolatry
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Arthur Granville Smith
Well-Connected
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Jun-14-2005 08:21
Well, you can see why I thought of the necro part, I hope :-)
**slinking away quietly to hide in a cornerin the hope the Esme has guessed correctly and we can move onto another quiz very quickly ..... **
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-14-2005 09:00
You wish has been fulfilled Arthur : o )
Esme's right: a noctuary is a record of what happens in the night, and necrolatry is worship of or reverence to dead bodies or the dead.
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-14-2005 09:12
All answers beginning with 'N':
1) n. the mouth of a river: a mouth-like opening.
2) adj. full and round in utterance: pompously mouthed or mouthing.
3) v.t. to suppose: to form or express as an opinion.
4) n. government by a small, exclusive class: a state so governed: a small body of men who have the supreme power of a state in their hands.
5) adj. making a loud noise: clamorous: noisy: unruly.
6) adj. hardened in heart or in feelings: difficult to influence, esp. in a moral sense: stubborn: hard.
Bonus: n. sheep-killing.
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