Quiz 8 of 50 -- Obscure and Unusual Words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 government by women 1 orf
2 sacrarium
3 gynocracy
4 jabot
5 nasutiform
2 two letters expressing a single sound 1 seta
2 wrick
3 anthropogenesis
4 tasse
5 digraph
3 doctrine that beauty is central to other moral principles 1 neritic
2 superciliary
3 aestheticism
4 terriginous
5 quoin
4 nose-band of a bridle 1 ichthyopolist
2 woning
3 polyaemia
4 musrol
5 proscenium
5 universal knowledge 1 epanorthosis
2 pentarchy
3 pansophy
4 petaliferous
5 sudation
6 pertaining to a cuckoo 1 genouillŠre
2 cuculine
3 cupel
4 mathemancy
5 bˆtise
7 of or relating to hunting 1 primiparous
2 praxis
3 exorable
4 trichosis
5 venatic
8 inalienable 1 sphygmus
2 fusiform
3 abessive
4 imprescriptible
5 heuristic
9 to put forward or allege 1 velate
2 purfle
3 obtend
4 oleiferous
5 yeasty
10 to seize or deprive of property wrongfully 1 calenture
2 lichenology
3 disseize
4 sulcus
5 sapience
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 instrument measuring refraction of light 1 pileiform
2 zoophily
3 pedological
4 lipography
5 refractometer
12 thin wool 1 phaeism
2 tamis
3 spermiogenesis
4 rampant
5 deuteropathy
13 absence of perspiration; inability to perspire 1 quaestionary
2 physagogue
3 adiaphoresis
4 querulous
5 isokeraunic
14 brown colour; brown dye derived from beaver pelts 1 capitulary
2 sciatheric
3 castory
4 klangfarbe
5 sarmentum
15 steep and dry gully 1 egad
2 galloon
3 coul‚e
4 hospitium
5 precentor
16 meddling in everybody's business 1 pathognomic
2 klangfarbe
3 taurean
4 pantopragmatic
5 plangent
17 instrument for measuring radiant energy or infrared light 1 acropathy
2 crumenal
3 subrogate
4 vagitus
5 bolometer
18 prognosis 1 pharyngology
2 neatherd
3 exeat
4 acierate
5 proleptics
19 proud; haughty 1 birostrate
2 orgulous
3 lorgnon
4 gastroenterology
5 yale
20 description of arts and crafts 1 technography
2 dioptre
3 fictile
4 shaugh
5 cystolith
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 apple-nymph 1 maelid
2 kalamkari
3 dentiform
4 wapentake
5 novena
22 omission of one of a series or sequence 1 kinderspiel
2 buck-and-wing
3 excalation
4 phonophorous
5 triquetra
23 instrument for measuring the spine 1 vesturer
2 adit
3 rachiometer
4 facetiae
5 immerge
24 living in dung 1 regorge
2 wimple
3 debellate
4 fimicolous
5 aquifer
25 flesh-eating marsupial 1 wantage
2 minium
3 cheliferous
4 perioeci
5 dasyure
26 papery 1 harn
2 chartaceous
3 botanomancy
4 trabecula
5 dearticulate
27 pertaining to reality or existence 1 verruciform
2 molendinar
3 ontal
4 stylobate
5 catamite
28 government by priests or religious ministers 1 cismarine
2 hierocracy
3 marry
4 malgr‚
5 episcopicide
29 carefully chosen, rare or exotic 1 decatise
2 cephalophore
3 granuliferous
4 mesology
5 recherch‚
30 pickaxe with one pointed and one bladed end 1 gurlet
2 alation
3 absquatulate
4 sine
5 runnel
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 marginal note; commentary 1 boodle
2 postil
3 pejorate
4 parallelepiped
5 astrogony
32 arched; bow-shaped 1 imperseverant
2 mutic
3 plantar
4 arcuate
5 baroscope
33 breeding rhythm; brood frequency 1 voltinism
2 beneficiate
3 eternalism
4 zygal
5 astacology
34 slightly damaged paper 1 nemoral
2 quadrat
3 sponsal
4 consuetude
5 retree
35 structure over ship's bows or stern 1 aphicide
2 turtleback
3 lacuna
4 zoomimetic
5 veloutine
36 belief in local deities or spirits 1 leptosome
2 obvolute
3 numenism
4 extrorse
5 obdormition
37 deeply indented 1 suable
2 rejoinder
3 periphrasis
4 dancett‚
5 silesia
38 crow-like 1 hypometropia
2 misbeseem
3 muliebrity
4 corvine
5 zoonosis
39 fore-and-aft sail hoisted on a stay 1 cathedra
2 immanation
3 hyperaphia
4 staysail
5 scissel
40 instrument for forming spectra by dispersing rays of light 1 diphyodont
2 tufa
3 spectroscope
4 meiosis
5 izzat
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 of or pertaining to letters 1 eudaemonism
2 scintillant
3 prepossess
4 ket
5 epistolary
42 thinly ribbed cotton 1 capriform
2 subturbary
3 multifarious
4 needlecord
5 egotheism
43 prickly 1 prochronism
2 hornpipe
3 bucentaur
4 kakorrhaphiophobia
5 lappaceous
44 Roman Catholic church given special privileges 1 torsiograph
2 heartsome
3 basilica
4 circumambient
5 yegg
45 study of fine dining 1 gastronomy
2 saffron
3 sufflaminate
4 spatulate
5 ornithophobia
46 wheat-like 1 antichresis
2 bengaline
3 xenolith
4 triticeous
5 porringer
47 omit; ignore; suppress or abridge 1 elide
2 excubant
3 cymograph
4 peduncle
5 solidary
48 bearing umbels 1 acquest
2 umbelliferous
3 biverbal
4 horripilation
5 cumuliform
49 line connecting points of equal rainfall 1 isohyet
2 lucigen
3 misandry
4 orchesis
5 mesic
50 disorder in which one word substituted for another 1 hindforemost
2 gruine
3 aichmophobia
4 paraphasia
5 incrassate
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 found in the depths of the sea 1 morphallaxis
2 quasi
3 necrology
4 bathypelagic
5 aeonian
52 militarily powerful 1 natable
2 emunctory
3 cockloft
4 bedaggle
5 bellipotent
53 not making up a quorum 1 implumous
2 zoanthropy
3 inquorate
4 yealing
5 duende
54 notable sayings; things worthy of notice 1 myology
2 mental
3 circumlittoral
4 notabilia
5 tepor
55 Latin-American dance with rhythmic tapping of the feet 1 stack
2 heartsome
3 purloin
4 zapateado
5 moulinet
56 mouldy; mildewy 1 pelage
2 aspidate
3 mucedinous
4 ramentum
5 hornpipe
57 incorrect diction or pronunciation 1 mandrel
2 acyrology
3 gimmal
4 seismotic
5 hamble
58 helmet-shaped 1 murrhine
2 minuend
3 marmarosis
4 umber
5 cassideous
59 benefice presented to church without reference to bishop 1 subungual
2 suppositious
3 donative
4 quenouille
5 venery
60 coarse napped cotton or wool fabric 1 nemaline
2 cruciferous
3 gilliver
4 oligogenics
5 baize
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 rope, strap or chain used to tie horse by its leg 1 buhl
2 basilicon
3 tomograph
4 pastern
5 solmisate
62 study of food 1 literator
2 phaeic
3 bromatology
4 timeous
5 trichoic
63 accumulation; addition of parts to form a whole 1 plataleiform
2 gigot
3 bathykolpian
4 circumpose
5 accretion
64 sound of the nightingale 1 jug
2 mantissa
3 presbytery
4 mercer
5 venenation
65 of; like or relating to the elbow 1 velation
2 calotte
3 anconoid
4 chionablepsia
5 dendritiform
66 a beatitude; taking pleasure in another's joy 1 collectivism
2 remiform
3 shallop
4 clitter
5 macarism
67 feudal estate 1 responsory
2 mesnalty
3 clypeate
4 pellate
5 circumpose
68 ecclesiastical office to which revenue is attached 1 furnicular
2 abthane
3 pantograph
4 benefice
5 spancel
69 recognition of error; change to better frame of mind 1 immeability
2 scruple
3 sept
4 anaerectic
5 resipiscence
70 drum-like; shaped like a drum 1 tympaniform
2 foinery
3 weber
4 diaconicon
5 mambo
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 old instrument of punishment like a pillory 1 jettatura
2 athetesis
3 tumbrel
4 sympiesometer
5 rivulose
72 above the stated, usual or necessary number 1 scarpines
2 quetzal
3 supernumerary
4 nuncupate
5 canephor
73 sandstone material used to scrape ships' decks 1 metagraphy
2 pomace
3 heterothermal
4 holystone
5 esclandre
74 making level 1 spermatic
2 urethroscope
3 planation
4 thereology
5 anemology
75 belief in the importance of metallic currency in economics 1 fumosity
2 bullionism
3 metrophobia
4 equatorium
5 lauds
76 of or relating to the full moon 1 opificer
2 orarium
3 plenilunar
4 conceptualism
5 schiztic
77 having the form of a bull 1 latrant
2 paracoita
3 lanameter
4 dysgenesis
5 tauriform
78 solidification by cooling 1 gelation
2 antinomianism
3 focimeter
4 immanation
5 rheme
79 rock detritus or debris at the base of a slope 1 tmesis
2 talus
3 eyas
4 wilder
5 recure
80 snowy; white 1 tribuloid
2 phlegmatic
3 disembrangle
4 niveous
5 logorrhea
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 poisoning 1 intercolline
2 monophagous
3 kurtosis
4 situla
5 venenation
82 fabric with bold twill used for making dresses 1 circumforentor
2 melic
3 latebricole
4 pastern
5 whipcord
83 fear of disease 1 pathophobia
2 needs
3 bartisan
4 phagophobia
5 voluble
84 inventor 1 languet
2 protogenist
3 cerated
4 kyle
5 dichogamous
85 ragged edge of paper 1 burrel
2 strabometer
3 hippocrepiform
4 sacchariferous
5 deckle
86 perception of events or objects not actually present or near 1 trophism
2 telaesthesia
3 jaculation
4 henism
5 oestrogenic
87 marked with fine lines 1 kummel
2 convolve
3 lineolate
4 jupon
5 mazer
88 abnormally good sense of hearing 1 torpillage
2 reprography
3 anaphia
4 hyperacusis
5 swallet
89 a small box or shrine used to hold relics 1 jure
2 trommel
3 polypod
4 reliquary
5 lachrymogenic
90 yearling ox or cow; pasture for yearlings 1 fibrilliform
2 subitize
3 glyptology
4 stirk
5 atrichia
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 variation of the samba 1 betimes
2 piscatorial
3 katzenjammer
4 octarchy
5 carioca
92 of or relating to feces 1 singspiel
2 stercoraceous
3 vallum
4 pityroid
5 goldenrod
93 surgeon's instrument for scraping bones 1 hydrography
2 batiste
3 xyster
4 syndyasmian
5 poitrel
94 small plastic envelope holding liquid or cream 1 evanition
2 sachet
3 pancyclopaedic
4 atrous
5 stevedore
95 papal court and its officials 1 curia
2 bricole
3 bathyorographical
4 thoracoscope
5 cabotage
96 person who believes that nuts are the best kind of food 1 broch
2 exclave
3 aptotic
4 nutarian
5 papeterie
97 duration 1 padrone
2 protension
3 paroemiology
4 sepulchre
5 accidie
98 jointed knee-piece of armour 1 halieutics
2 genouillŠre
3 entomophagous
4 paradromic
5 subfusc
99 solid graphite that separates from pig-iron 1 biognosy
2 tentamen
3 hallux
4 kish
5 retrograde
100 having knots or nodules; knotty 1 wherethrough
2 jalousie
3 effable
4 nodose
5 hadal
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