How Many English Words Do You Really Know?
How well do you know the definitions of these obscure English words?
Question 1/12
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What is juvenilia?
A jail for juvenile girls.
Early works of an author.
A type of flower.
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What is dactylology?
Sign language.
The study of pterodactyls.
Making things out of duct tape.
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What is a wadi?
Wet paper towels.
Valley or stream.
A type of dress.
Question 4/12
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A querimony is a...?
A series of questions.
The testimony of how someone came out as gay.
A complaint.
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What are you doing if you gledge?
Squinting your eyes.
Walking through snow.
Dancing.
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What does nummamorous mean?
Obsession of numbers.
Money-loving.
Numb sensation.
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What is ateknia?
Joint pain
Frostbite
Childlessness
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Trucidation is what?
Slaughter
Education
Accounting
Question 9/12
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If something is described as caesious, it means...?
Sick
Gross
Pale blue-green
Question 10/12
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What is a yestreen?
Something that holds liquid.
The night before.
3/4 of a century.
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Kakorrhaphiophobia is the fear of...?
Corruption
Testing
Failure
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What does fabiform mean?
Bean-shaped
Form-fitting
Lying repeatedly
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1
What is juvenilia?
A jail for juvenile girls.
Early works of an author.
A type of flower.
2
What is dactylology?
Sign language.
The study of pterodactyls.
Making things out of duct tape.
3
What is a wadi?
Wet paper towels.
Valley or stream.
A type of dress.
4
A querimony is a...?
A series of questions.
The testimony of how someone came out as gay.
A complaint.
5
What are you doing if you gledge?
Squinting your eyes.
Walking through snow.
Dancing.
6
What does nummamorous mean?
Obsession of numbers.
Money-loving.
Numb sensation.
7
What is ateknia?
Joint pain
Frostbite
Childlessness
8
Trucidation is what?
Slaughter
Education
Accounting
9
If something is described as caesious, it means...?
Sick
Gross
Pale blue-green
10
What is a yestreen?
Something that holds liquid.
The night before.
3/4 of a century.
11
Kakorrhaphiophobia is the fear of...?
Corruption
Testing
Failure
12
What does fabiform mean?
Bean-shaped
Form-fitting
Lying repeatedly
