Quiz 28 of 50 -- Obscure and Unusual Words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 immediately preceding death throes 1 sopite
2 systematology
3 preagonal
4 reglet
5 antilogy
2 diminution or reduction of a disease 1 commis
2 zoocytium
3 organity
4 xanthareel
5 decrudescence
3 of or pertaining to obituaries 1 outmantle
2 perdricide
3 notitia
4 obitual
5 piteous
4 dislocation of an anatomical part 1 diamant‚
2 luxation
3 infrangible
4 dactylomancy
5 odograph
5 instrument for recording distance travelled in miles 1 woolfell
2 seron
3 velutinous
4 mileometer
5 astragal
6 wasp-like 1 sensitometer
2 vespoid
3 agathodaimon
4 comminute
5 ordonnance
7 state of being impassable or impermeable 1 wheelhouse
2 pedicle
3 tother
4 irrefragable
5 immeability
8 shoulder belt for carrying ammunition 1 padella
2 cyclograph
3 syndicalism
4 bandolier
5 pseudaesthesia
9 discussion prior to negotiation 1 syngamy
2 phaeic
3 patina
4 pourparler
5 furnicular
10 descended from two distinct ancestral groups 1 diphyletic
2 manducate
3 moschate
4 empressment
5 kyphorrhinos
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 upright column in middle of circular staircase; post at end of stairs 1 newel
2 capnomancy
3 retrenchment
4 debouchure
5 melanochroic
12 immediate repetition of a word for emphasis 1 pathomania
2 pica
3 epizeuxis
4 angiology
5 oneirology
13 prediction or prophecy 1 bodement
2 antiscian
3 colluvies
4 blattnerphone
5 fistula
14 digression 1 ramuliferous
2 quadrille
3 ecbole
4 synergism
5 nidificate
15 to befool; to besot 1 abacinate
2 somniloquence
3 whodunitry
4 assot
5 bromidrosis
16 S-shaped 1 sinecure
2 chryselephantine
3 platypodia
4 ostium
5 sigmoid
17 bridge carrying a road or railway 1 absorptiometer
2 georgic
3 wearish
4 lactiferous
5 underbridge
18 hoarding of small or insignificant things 1 hylozoism
2 tick
3 forficulate
4 pismirism
5 ochlocracy
19 study of deserts 1 metopic
2 eremology
3 melopoeia
4 kinchin
5 stelliferous
20 pertaining to or causing laughter 1 rimose
2 risorial
3 troika
4 isomagnetic
5 caudal
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 to flow in again 1 charterhouse
2 trochlear
3 illocution
4 berlin
5 reinfund
22 limited; narrow-minded 1 adiaphoron
2 threnody
3 allotropy
4 mazut
5 born‚
23 covered with soft white hair 1 hydrognosy
2 windrow
3 incanous
4 petulcous
5 jejunator
24 artificially induced sweat 1 palpebral
2 mazer
3 diaphoresis
4 affreux
5 outhaul
25 shining bronze colour 1 recaption
2 quoit
3 patelliform
4 aeneous
5 germicide
26 silent letter 1 astrophile
2 gibbous
3 aphthong
4 zoilism
5 telarian
27 hatred of novelty 1 decantate
2 thermonous
3 capriform
4 misoneism
5 essorant
28 lace; lacework 1 reptant
2 tesseratomy
3 convicinity
4 dentelle
5 dashpot
29 a pair of scissors or pincers 1 chersonese
2 impest
3 forfex
4 wankle
5 procumbent
30 study of wood 1 martello
2 xylology
3 terce
4 mactation
5 pipkin
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 lens-shaped 1 somniate
2 paronym
3 quint
4 phacoid
5 masticate
32 to fine; to deprive; to punish 1 tog
2 epopee
3 seminivorous
4 shenango
5 amerce
33 something which is greatly desired 1 cambist
2 timeous
3 spancel
4 muniment
5 desideratum
34 instrument for measuring the length of a curved line 1 telenergy
2 remora
3 disafforest
4 stadiometer
5 inappetent
35 bearing or bringing light 1 luminiferous
2 polylith
3 omniparity
4 polypod
5 aphrasia
36 miscellaneous notes; commonplace books 1 baize
2 arboricolous
3 adversaria
4 tumbrel
5 alcahest
37 case in which a ship's compass is kept 1 hypergamy
2 witwanton
3 obdormition
4 binnacle
5 acroamatic
38 rough and temporary fortification 1 extramundane
2 bottomry
3 brachydactylous
4 redoubt
5 moslings
39 like or having the properties of a reed 1 Momus
2 wrack
3 arundinaceous
4 souterrain
5 canicular
40 coat of arms of a deceased person 1 one-step
2 hatchment
3 lumbricine
4 testudinal
5 flibbertigibbet
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 like or relating to forceps 1 vicenary
2 brachyology
3 tuberous
4 jabberwock
5 forcipate
42 absence or lack of thirst 1 calcar
2 ergophobia
3 signary
4 biometrics
5 adipsia
43 gritty 1 tophaceous
2 consenescence
3 capstan
4 inviscate
5 potichomania
44 underneath fingernail or toenail 1 hyponychial
2 suggilate
3 reflux
4 dextrogyratory
5 eutaxy
45 sodium bicarbonate 1 natron
2 parget
3 stoichiology
4 palaceous
5 sightworthy
46 oceanic; inhabiting or carried out in the deep sea 1 pelagic
2 sial
3 diplomatics
4 masseter
5 dextrogyratory
47 relating to measuring by weight 1 phytivorous
2 gravimetrical
3 thereon
4 tempore
5 joggle
48 bombproof chamber or armored compartment 1 lovat
2 specie
3 mandorla
4 latescent
5 casemate
49 belief in mutual dependence of society and the individual 1 hortulan
2 illaudable
3 fecalith
4 zinkiferous
5 mutualism
50 boldness; audacity 1 vis-a-vis
2 comose
3 digitiform
4 hardihood
5 statics
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 looping hanging down bit of fabric over a window or door 1 swag
2 acerbate
3 kainotophobia
4 reflet
5 translunary
52 dance where participants hop energetically on each foot in turn 1 tegulated
2 shag
3 r‚clame
4 undecennial
5 trouvaille
53 syntax having regard to meaning rather than form 1 synesis
2 kinkle
3 jorum
4 urinometer
5 drabble
54 reduction in shininess of marble 1 acarophobia
2 caprifoliaceous
3 scriptory
4 ganosis
5 tenon
55 producing female sex hormones 1 presbyophrenia
2 lethiferous
3 davenport
4 oestrogenic
5 herpetiform
56 transmission of computerized data over long distances 1 onychocryptosis
2 plenary
3 jambeau
4 rhombos
5 telematics
57 miscellany 1 varia
2 stulm
3 comose
4 whipcat
5 recrudescence
58 state of being both deaf and dumb 1 scaphoid
2 abusion
3 didymous
4 arrect
5 surdimutism
59 machine for regulating humidity of air 1 omniparity
2 hygrostat
3 speciocide
4 asteism
5 figuline
60 provision of security 1 hircosity
2 satisdation
3 neoteric
4 ramellose
5 cruet
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 set of four things 1 sonorescent
2 sorrel
3 mournival
4 absterge
5 apocarteresis
62 Carribean disco dance 1 contranatant
2 notaphily
3 zouk
4 haussmannize
5 quadrireme
63 flesh-like 1 inexpugnable
2 sarcoid
3 flagitious
4 anopisthographic
5 somatotrophic
64 of or like marble 1 ovigerous
2 marmoreal
3 perficient
4 greave
5 pinniped
65 underground; subterranean 1 littoral
2 potter
3 catachthonian
4 bluestocking
5 noctivagant
66 pertaining to useful knowledge 1 thermogenesis
2 putrefaction
3 chrestomathic
4 bourdon
5 sublate
67 sentient; capable of affecting the senses 1 bibliophobia
2 torpescence
3 sensile
4 chondroid
5 orf
68 creeping like a worm 1 vermigrade
2 ablutomania
3 vimen
4 quinsy
5 imbroglio
69 lock-opening tool 1 helotage
2 oustiti
3 photopsia
4 adnoun
5 punctulate
70 causing or promoting absorption 1 trophotropism
2 agiotage
3 ethnomusicology
4 trilemma
5 absorbefacient
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 worship of one god without excluding belief in others 1 monolatry
2 agrology
3 strepent
4 hippodamist
5 suaveolent
72 special temporary dispensation granted by the Catholic church 1 donnism
2 subtend
3 indult
4 lunulate
5 bogan
73 featherlike 1 arcanna
2 brail
3 heteroecious
4 hederiferous
5 pennaceous
74 to squelch 1 cinque-pace
2 quelch
3 solive
4 triptych
5 pelisse
75 avowal or solemn declaration 1 agrize
2 malariology
3 nautics
4 apocope
5 protestation
76 practice of burying people alive 1 judder
2 lodesman
3 vivisepulture
4 vitrescent
5 natiform
77 pertaining to stimulation by heat 1 thermonous
2 krypsis
3 sericterium
4 dendrolatry
5 sorbile
78 hard fat 1 fantod
2 stearin
3 bibliopegist
4 septemfluous
5 dentelle
79 pertaining to poetry or the Muses 1 opisthograph
2 musal
3 stentor
4 misaunter
5 farrier
80 personal belongings and property 1 wonderwork
2 personalty
3 hydrognosy
4 kyloe
5 diptych
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 totality of perception; general awareness 1 dudgeon
2 panaesthesia
3 nutarian
4 ostiole
5 aphagia
82 the study of mosses 1 muscology
2 pseudosopher
3 armigerous
4 hierocracy
5 oxyacaesthesia
83 reminiscence; prayer recalling death and resurrection of Jesus 1 probit
2 wardroom
3 anamnesis
4 winterbourne
5 intorted
84 silk organza fabric 1 alate
2 hymnography
3 triturate
4 keratogenic
5 gazar
85 illegal contract to finance a lawsuit for a percentage fee 1 comprecation
2 champerty
3 diffident
4 urbanology
5 photogyric
86 one who takes artistic interest in motion pictures 1 goetic
2 cineast
3 mensal
4 hither
5 anergia
87 belief that Christ is everywhere 1 ubiquitarianism
2 hodoscope
3 matripotestal
4 universalism
5 stigmatic
88 rhetorical device in which word order is reversed 1 sundog
2 orarion
3 hyperbaton
4 periscian
5 tachistoscope
89 like a hedgehog; prickly 1 echinate
2 triage
3 drail
4 pedicel
5 sessile
90 indicating possession, origin or relation 1 lam‚
2 sagittary
3 genitive
4 neophrastic
5 fidicinal
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 of or relating to the sole of the foot 1 arcanna
2 myriorama
3 bonism
4 plantar
5 jambeau
92 trellis-work; a trellis 1 vincular
2 treillage
3 zoophily
4 carpal
5 meldometer
93 to mix clay with water 1 statim
2 perequitate
3 triskelion
4 strombuliferous
5 blunge
94 theory that emphasizes that which transcends perception 1 nepheloid
2 stupefacient
3 kirking
4 transcendentalism
5 spoliate
95 screen enclosing a shrine 1 sonograph
2 protean
3 transenna
4 algology
5 thrasonic
96 guardian or mentor 1 creancer
2 bottomry
3 papyrotamia
4 brisure
5 luthier
97 spontaneous barbershop singing 1 spado
2 quadrille
3 spermatogenesis
4 woodshedding
5 syllepsis
98 play on words in which letters are changed 1 malariology
2 rath
3 xenobiotic
4 paragram
5 tallage
99 to search by turning over earth or rock 1 lentor
2 anagnorisis
3 fossick
4 litany
5 lamprophony
100 killing a fetus 1 lupicide
2 kerseymere
3 foeticide
4 anemometer
5 spondyle
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