Quiz 42 of 50 -- Obscure and Unusual Words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 womanly; feminine 1 herpetic
2 hyperbole
3 meristic
4 muliebrile
5 hauberk
2 diminution of swelling 1 perioeci
2 isobar
3 somatognosis
4 detumescence
5 clinomania
3 second illness in addition to an initial one 1 deuteropathy
2 sexology
3 telenergy
4 palmary
5 glottogonic
4 knitted cotton fabric 1 socle
2 foliferous
3 balbriggan
4 swallet
5 colonoscope
5 like sleep or hypnosis 1 palliasse
2 hypnoid
3 cleg
4 flounce
5 guttiferous
6 disbelief in existence of eternal universe distinct from God 1 abodement
2 abseil
3 acosmism
4 pectination
5 animadvert
7 pertaining to or resembling honey 1 mellaginous
2 instructive
3 cottar
4 physagogue
5 gentilitian
8 the collection and study of picture postcards 1 deltiology
2 formicide
3 corybantic
4 titian
5 patination
9 small flat moulding around a column 1 frondiferous
2 bandelet
3 hypnagogic
4 paulopast
5 isostasy
10 helplessness; lack of strength 1 sudarium
2 cist
3 trabeculated
4 croquinole
5 adynamia
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 turning to face the sun 1 sporiferous
2 pogonology
3 athwart
4 eutropic
5 mucago
12 kind of earthy fertiliser 1 iconometer
2 terramara
3 eirenism
4 lenitive
5 fantassin
13 place where all is as bad as possible 1 telodynamic
2 dystopia
3 minium
4 chandelle
5 pridian
14 baby's cry or wail 1 bogan
2 mutualism
3 nihilism
4 vagitus
5 nivellate
15 in the ratio of one to two 1 larrup
2 dolabrate
3 unition
4 subduple
5 alack
16 black; very dark 1 volitation
2 aeruginous
3 theophagy
4 cupulate
5 melanic
17 blowing strongly with a roaring sound 1 mechanomorphic
2 wuthering
3 recaption
4 misogallic
5 tocsin
18 wire trap for catching salmon 1 pelasgic
2 adoxography
3 putcher
4 phrenic
5 morro
19 doctrine of infant baptism 1 anemophilous
2 paedobaptism
3 galimatias
4 drygulch
5 pinacotheca
20 frightening 1 ley
2 lenitive
3 iconolatry
4 affreux
5 percoct
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 the doctrine that empirical knowledge is uncertain 1 patulous
2 fallibilism
3 voltmeter
4 somnial
5 archelogy
22 study of victims 1 strabismometer
2 psalligraphy
3 maieutic
4 postiche
5 victimology
23 revival; rebirth 1 risorgimento
2 burganet
3 ferroniŠre
4 bruxism
5 hyaloid
24 fan-shaped 1 aquamanile
2 palabra
3 simplism
4 Francophobia
5 rhipidate
25 killing of one's own wife 1 vulsella
2 smalt
3 uxoricide
4 thereology
5 wisket
26 space between bed and wall 1 agma
2 pellate
3 panegyricon
4 ruelle
5 gymnosophy
27 ornamental container for storing Communion bread and wine 1 tabernacle
2 monorhyme
3 funebral
4 malleiform
5 metalepsis
28 sheepskin processed to look like the fur of another animal 1 tegula
2 mouton
3 nundination
4 osphresis
5 pertinacity
29 change in form; metamorphosis 1 metaphysis
2 morro
3 leno
4 ingression
5 putanism
30 inferior veneration of saints and angels in comparison with God 1 dulia
2 locomobile
3 emollient
4 epistrophe
5 acariasis
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 sensation not accompanied by understanding of it 1 agersia
2 extispicy
3 dulia
4 malacophonous
5 anoesis
32 narrow vacant space between two bulkheads of a ship 1 wallflower
2 azoth
3 mollescent
4 cofferdam
5 quillet
33 divination using pearls 1 precissive
2 grain
3 choreomania
4 margaritomancy
5 salutary
34 fear of foreigners 1 thrum
2 saltant
3 xenophobia
4 aeolotropy
5 paludose
35 to draw a sail tight with ropes or cables 1 frap
2 calcariform
3 soniferous
4 viticulture
5 whiff
36 like a point 1 groggery
2 oppidan
3 punctal
4 sinistrorse
5 kir
37 tomboy 1 menstruum
2 poromeric
3 decastich
4 hoyden
5 wamus
38 doctrine of direct worker control of capital 1 glutition
2 syndicalism
3 equitation
4 postmundane
5 lambent
39 mark (^) used to note an omission 1 yperite
2 handspike
3 pollard
4 caret
5 intenible
40 having scattered soft or moderately stiff hairs 1 heliosis
2 pilose
3 tristachyous
4 synastry
5 respirometer
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 line connecting points of equal frequency of aurorae 1 bavin
2 querent
3 individualism
4 coggage
5 isochasm
42 process when a thing is replaced by its opposite 1 enantiodromia
2 pendent
3 scapulomancy
4 scansorial
5 synarchy
43 circuitous movement; indirect action 1 stirk
2 windlass
3 atrament
4 poplin
5 quaesitum
44 blood clot 1 thrombus
2 afterguard
3 oenometer
4 koine
5 ubiquitarianism
45 adapted for digging 1 forecastle
2 balneology
3 foursquare
4 fossorial
5 selliform
46 ashen; ash-grey 1 cinerious
2 renverse
3 lorimer
4 lordolatry
5 stereotaxis
47 to corrupt or defile 1 advehent
2 stichology
3 inquinate
4 atrabilious
5 satisfice
48 lower point of inner hull of a ship 1 whodunitry
2 bilge
3 eyeservice
4 anomphalous
5 monoecious
49 projection near the bow of a ship to which anchor is secured 1 chilopod
2 permeameter
3 cathead
4 esker
5 lazaretto
50 slow and seductive Cuban dance 1 penelopize
2 taphephobia
3 habanera
4 psaltery
5 druxy
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 murder disguised as suicide 1 debel
2 pseudoautochiria
3 sudatory
4 kasha
5 taupe
52 champion or defender; tutelary god 1 lamelliform
2 lactarium
3 promachos
4 sward
5 hylomorphism
53 a small tank 1 revehent
2 patriolatry
3 lithodomous
4 whippet
5 boyau
54 pimply; bearing or relating to pimples 1 balistraria
2 floromancy
3 oblocutor
4 papuliferous
5 syneidesis
55 organ mutation stop 1 nasard
2 remiform
3 flibbertigibbet
4 passade
5 swallet
56 surveying instrument for measuring angles 1 pupillarity
2 paulopast
3 theodolite
4 chimere
5 epergne
57 bristled; barbed 1 meatus
2 glochidiate
3 nomistic
4 preceptive
5 psychagogic
58 in a blowing state 1 binnacle
2 dimissory
3 ablow
4 antenniferous
5 incede
59 predominance 1 internecine
2 hachure
3 prepollence
4 eponym
5 selvage
60 muddy; slimy 1 floristry
2 verger
3 tiara
4 limous
5 cynanthropy
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 a shepherd's crook 1 fanfaronade
2 cultch
3 pignorate
4 kebbie
5 catholicon
62 to exceed in dress or ornament 1 outmantle
2 tectiform
3 porogamy
4 circumfuse
5 vitrescent
63 to blame; to incriminate 1 torchier
2 inculpate
3 rhotacism
4 neritic
5 tulchan
64 someone looking for an argument 1 metalepsis
2 capripede
3 profluent
4 breedbate
5 vituline
65 prayer of confession of sins 1 confiteor
2 frontal
3 ted
4 basiation
5 thrum
66 fashionable beach 1 zoism
2 arrosive
3 plage
4 primatology
5 picaroon
67 study of handwriting or penmanship 1 nates
2 catoptromancy
3 zootheism
4 planipennate
5 chirography
68 schoolmastering; teaching 1 imbrute
2 advenient
3 pedagoguery
4 chark
5 mesquin
69 freckle or mole 1 wheaten
2 quilling
3 hetaerocracy
4 goatish
5 ephelis
70 emblem on airplane's wing indicating its nationality 1 cocarde
2 passim
3 empiecement
4 culicino
5 balisaur
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 cutting edge of a bird's bill 1 tomium
2 morbus
3 padrone
4 ecliptic
5 lardaceous
72 private mark; trademark 1 asynartetic
2 oecodomic
3 leguleian
4 idiograph
5 nepheloid
73 large single stone in form of monument, obelisk or column 1 telic
2 mazzard
3 multeity
4 monolith
5 glandiferous
74 muscular weakness or debility 1 lychnobite
2 myasthenia
3 brodequin
4 clonic
5 grimoire
75 truck; trolley 1 didelphous
2 molochize
3 tumulus
4 sycomancy
5 rolly
76 exchange of nutriment in symbiotic relationship 1 trophobiosis
2 boult
3 labarum
4 decumbent
5 lupulic
77 instrument for measuring permeability 1 mammiform
2 anzactile
3 nebulize
4 permeameter
5 distaff
78 form of Oriental cymbal 1 geoponic
2 eclogue
3 ailuromancy
4 zel
5 allantoid
79 energetically or aggressively enterprising 1 pushful
2 fossor
3 venatic
4 limner
5 storge
80 riddle in which word is found from other words' letters 1 cloque
2 writative
3 ostiolate
4 pernoctate
5 logogriph
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 divination using sleep 1 cosmetology
2 narcomancy
3 geology
4 bridewell
5 indiscerptible
82 holding or maintaining paradoxes 1 decelerometer
2 paradoxology
3 hydrotaxis
4 tetramorph
5 dashpot
83 shield on which coat of arms is represented 1 carpal
2 subtend
3 diamant‚
4 escutcheon
5 thermogenesis
84 adit; draining-shaft 1 stulm
2 amoretto
3 comity
4 mucedinous
5 foudroyant
85 instrument for describing arcs of circles without compasses 1 sibylline
2 matripotestal
3 cyclograph
4 plumigerous
5 balmorality
86 one with a long shadow; one who inhabits polar regions 1 apsidal
2 repetend
3 macroscian
4 zanze
5 fenestella
87 person who takes care of horses at an inn and/or sells oats 1 epistoler
2 ostler
3 epinician
4 geoponics
5 homonym
88 headland 1 housel
2 nigricant
3 malvaceous
4 ras
5 criticaster
89 viewing an object with the naked eye 1 macrography
2 radicle
3 aliphatic
4 sparable
5 toman
90 science of commercial exchange 1 feuilleton
2 catalactics
3 appersonation
4 stratocracy
5 sesquiplicate
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 level 1 complanate
2 eldritch
3 plectrum
4 hebetate
5 telson
92 study of early Christianity 1 patrology
2 gangue
3 outr‚
4 heterogenesis
5 mollescent
93 slovenly boorishness 1 discommodious
2 fungous
3 xerodermia
4 grobianism
5 omniferous
94 one who believes that the moon affects the weather 1 autocracy
2 lunarist
3 entablature
4 dirigent
5 mazurka
95 vigorous 1 aberdevine
2 waldgrave
3 vegete
4 casern
5 archimime
96 the act of buying; purchase 1 emption
2 spoliative
3 brontology
4 marquisette
5 mulm
97 instrument for measuring specific gravity or density 1 isorropic
2 giganticide
3 predacean
4 pycnometer
5 prestigiator
98 two short metrical syllables followed by one long one 1 iconolagny
2 discission
3 saprodontia
4 undern
5 anapest
99 sloping upwards 1 cimier
2 geogenous
3 eremite
4 acclinate
5 drygulch
100 excessive pride in one's city 1 urbacity
2 immanent
3 pancyclopaedic
4 absolutism
5 digitate
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