Quiz 43 of 50 -- Obscure and Unusual Words

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 of or relating to the depths of the ocean 1 benthic
2 resiniferous
3 confute
4 lordolatry
5 dactyliology
2 Spanish percussion instrument 1 zambomba
2 tropism
3 orology
4 laystall
5 spatilomancy
3 belief that ideas originate solely in sensation 1 pandiculation
2 drung
3 sensationalism
4 disquisition
5 tubicinate
4 instrument for boring holes; gimlet; auger 1 hyperpyrexia
2 purificator
3 revalescent
4 endeixis
5 wimble
5 antidote to poison 1 phallephoric
2 mithridate
3 vara
4 derrick
5 nostrum
6 of nets; using nets as a weapon; catching insects in webs 1 platitudinarian
2 pessimum
3 anabasis
4 retiary
5 proscenium
7 metal pin or bearing connecting rudder to a boat 1 biocide
2 gudgeon
3 bastinade
4 tragus
5 microbiology
8 old unit of land area equal to 1/4 acre 1 inculpate
2 lacustrine
3 scutal
4 rood
5 respirometer
9 girdle or girdle-like structure; priest's belt 1 lyophilization
2 thermograph
3 mandibuliform
4 gage
5 cingulum
10 coarse earthenware pan 1 hepteris
2 tondo
3 ilicic
4 frap
5 panchion
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 exhilarating; merry 1 soleiform
2 internecine
3 heartsome
4 hospitate
5 sticharion
12 carnivorous; flesh-eating 1 sevum
2 creatophagous
3 phocine
4 hula
5 ceraunomancy
13 short; abbreviated; curtailed; early form of the bassoon 1 curtal
2 unction
3 protogenist
4 vivers
5 jack-block
14 light seen when the eyeball is pressed 1 metaphysis
2 bibliopolist
3 phosphene
4 passible
5 graphomania
15 instrument for measuring electrical activity in the retina 1 electroretinograph
2 ecophobia
3 ovarious
4 obstreperous
5 mathesis
16 study of archery 1 matricular
2 toxophily
3 ecclesiolatry
4 kerseymere
5 tantivy
17 telepathic 1 monophysitism
2 disgarnish
3 mentatiferous
4 frigorific
5 hypertrichologist
18 redness of body part due to excess blood 1 oneirodynia
2 rubor
3 abscissa
4 siccimeter
5 exarch
19 like a lawyer; underhanded and legalistic 1 rosarium
2 leguleian
3 anserine
4 pelology
5 pluriserial
20 engraving designs on wood with hot poker 1 poplin
2 xylopyrography
3 spissated
4 corbeil
5 diagraphics
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 shaped like a sac 1 psychiasis
2 jark
3 sacciform
4 tegmen
5 definiens
22 nimble; strong; courageous 1 pollard
2 monomorphic
3 wight
4 supercalender
5 sinciput
23 like or composed of rings 1 armillary
2 semasiology
3 balize
4 springald
5 bourdon
24 valedictory 1 urbacity
2 subitaneous
3 nugatory
4 apopemptic
5 astrionics
25 field fortification with two parapets meeting at an angle 1 redan
2 alopecia
3 vigorish
4 rimose
5 hieroscopy
26 study of physiology of animals 1 filipendulous
2 umbraculiform
3 zoophysiology
4 acidaemia
5 seminivorous
27 pertaining to underground water supplying or wells 1 cambium
2 coadunate
3 phreatic
4 tachymetry
5 ampelidious
28 book of private devotions 1 saginate
2 mycology
3 orarium
4 diffarreation
5 pantopragmatic
29 completely deaf 1 anacusic
2 epigenesis
3 falderal
4 adamantine
5 ondograph
30 state of contentment 1 heliotaxis
2 eupathy
3 puccoon
4 sutorian
5 jentacular
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 partly serious and partly humorous 1 syneidesis
2 veridical
3 pedary
4 seriocomic
5 decomplex
32 extrasensory knowledge of past events 1 ligneous
2 ceramography
3 rumchunder
4 dulciloquy
5 retrocognition
33 inheritance by the last son 1 thole
2 intercrural
3 oleiferous
4 mandriarch
5 ultimogeniture
34 set of responses sung or said after liturgical reading 1 projacient
2 burgee
3 eclogue
4 foul‚
5 responsory
35 myriad; ten thousand 1 pedicle
2 toman
3 philology
4 solidum
5 bastion
36 writer's cramp 1 additament
2 pedary
3 vivarium
4 acaricide
5 graphospasm
37 small lion used as a bearing 1 lioncelle
2 obtruncate
3 pleonasm
4 hetairism
5 micturition
38 structure on wing of airplane containing engine 1 ailurophilia
2 aphologistic
3 nacelle
4 halieutics
5 aggrandize
39 high birth or rank; equality of birth or status 1 vendange
2 myriorama
3 arrogate
4 pusillanimous
5 parage
40 artificer 1 tubicornous
2 lias
3 imago
4 rhumb
5 opificer
Number Question Answer Your answer
41 lengthwise wooden or steel beam in ship for bearing stress 1 keelson
2 ascham
3 tribuloid
4 macrography
5 anosmia
42 tapered; pointed; to sharpen 1 sciuroid
2 aphemia
3 pistology
4 acuminate
5 frescade
43 use of a word to modify two or more words in different ways 1 impacable
2 barrulet
3 zeugma
4 hypocorism
5 sparge
44 piece of leather to protect a war horse's face 1 purfle
2 holystone
3 accidence
4 urbicolous
5 chamfrain
45 gout 1 anencephalic
2 podagra
3 opisthograph
4 diastema
5 monochord
46 complaining; peevish 1 cyberphobia
2 phenogenesis
3 chevalet
4 querulous
5 rhizic
47 anything spiral-shaped; twisted spirally 1 cochlear
2 meritocracy
3 riffler
4 lurid
5 sedimentology
48 plain white cotton 1 calico
2 arachnology
3 personalia
4 splenetic
5 beestings
49 in one line; in one row 1 monostichous
2 versicoloured
3 dactyliomancy
4 radarscope
5 tromometer
50 shaving 1 calicular
2 omophagy
3 unisonous
4 azoth
5 pogonotomy
Number Question Answer Your answer
51 having decayed spots concealed by healthy wood 1 zorino
2 acinaciform
3 timenoguy
4 restiform
5 druxy
52 instrument used for measuring specific gravity 1 areometer
2 pareunia
3 topomancy
4 alow
5 splenitive
53 bearing cones 1 hypobole
2 vicarial
3 coniferous
4 agnosy
5 guignol
54 loose overcoat 1 colation
2 adenalgia
3 brisure
4 coterie
5 paletot
55 sea-green; greyish-blue 1 columbaceous
2 pleonectic
3 glaucous
4 synaesthesia
5 mel
56 act of pulling or rendering apart or away 1 stibialism
2 divulsion
3 popple
4 stichology
5 rebus
57 prehistoric structure or tomb of unhewn stones 1 epistoler
2 triforium
3 compendious
4 arrestant
5 dolmen
58 prayer service held at 9 a.m. 1 subrident
2 terce
3 monostylar
4 electroretinograph
5 amoret
59 boy-servant 1 flaught
2 parbuckle
3 fardel
4 gorsoon
5 nef
60 of the nature of a plane; flat; plane-shaped 1 homaloidal
2 quean
3 multipotent
4 paedogenesis
5 garbology
Number Question Answer Your answer
61 pertaining to a grandparent 1 aval
2 phemic
3 rath
4 wrawl
5 pauciloquent
62 shaped like a net 1 retiform
2 enantiodromia
3 paraselene
4 coenaesthesis
5 amende
63 shaped like a doughnut or anchor-ring 1 mizzenmast
2 groundage
3 proband
4 telary
5 toroid
64 sense of vision 1 postexilic
2 photaesthesia
3 pelasgic
4 optology
5 sudor
65 study of orchids 1 heteronym
2 radioscope
3 orchidology
4 ossein
5 holoptic
66 prefect of a school 1 topaz
2 architrave
3 sciaphobia
4 notaphily
5 praepostor
67 shaped like a leaf 1 sigla
2 treenail
3 phylliform
4 relƒche
5 isogloss
68 to line with stone 1 hyetal
2 parous
3 aurifex
4 pupate
5 steen
69 woman living in a community under a religious rule 1 beloid
2 sigmoid
3 cacology
4 canoness
5 alphenic
70 fear of being dirty 1 automysophobia
2 cosmotheism
3 deuteroscopy
4 noosphere
5 winglet
Number Question Answer Your answer
71 short ecclesiastical vestment worn by bishop or subdeacon 1 predacean
2 lanyard
3 helminth
4 lineament
5 tunicle
72 fear of the night or darkness 1 cometology
2 decaudate
3 d‚sobligeante
4 duenna
5 nyctophobia
73 reddish brown 1 pangamy
2 bradyseism
3 fanion
4 russet
5 marigenous
74 marsh; miasma 1 ratten
2 maremma
3 thermometrograph
4 sciaphobia
5 replevin
75 instrument for examining interior of the stomach 1 radiology
2 gastroscope
3 urogenous
4 scalariform
5 steen
76 unlucky; ill-omened 1 dirigent
2 infaust
3 martyrolatry
4 urd‚
5 undinism
77 a font, a temple or shrine having a font 1 piscine
2 metallogenic
3 knick-knackatory
4 introrse
5 delubrum
78 thin and tough 1 quetzal
2 surquedry
3 odontograph
4 glirine
5 scarious
79 an eavesdropper 1 umbriferous
2 gouache
3 insectifuge
4 burrole
5 parvipotent
80 forked 1 pluviograph
2 abature
3 furcate
4 psychosophy
5 quersprung
Number Question Answer Your answer
81 study of systems of writing 1 grammatology
2 psilanthropism
3 solatium
4 laicisation
5 favonian
82 soft woollen or wool and cotton cloth 1 pleonectic
2 gilliver
3 merino
4 magianism
5 philoxenia
83 forked; with two branches 1 biramous
2 anosmia
3 molimen
4 bdelloid
5 malleiform
84 one to whom property is bequeathed in a will 1 agamogenesis
2 constate
3 ochlocracy
4 protervity
5 devisee
85 able to turn both backwards and forwards; double-jointed 1 scaphoid
2 amphibolic
3 epitoga
4 reduit
5 pandemic
86 of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron 1 ferruginous
2 barnard
3 uletic
4 necrographer
5 tumultuary
87 blindness 1 lugubrious
2 beldam
3 coadunate
4 cecity
5 unguiform
88 study of war 1 insouciance
2 acarpous
3 passivate
4 baryphonic
5 polemology
89 thickened 1 embase
2 adventive
3 nutricial
4 discinct
5 spissated
90 paramour; prostitute; concubine 1 cosmism
2 zorino
3 d‚gringolade
4 hetaera
5 manumission
Number Question Answer Your answer
91 repetition of a word at beginning of successive phrases for emphasis 1 inaurate
2 impignorate
3 doomster
4 whang
5 anaphora
92 made of or pertaining to nickel 1 triphibious
2 niccolic
3 complicant
4 objicient
5 preconize
93 conical pile of hay in a field 1 haycock
2 fluorimeter
3 somatotrophic
4 psychroaesthesia
5 malgr‚
94 like a sickle 1 nonpareil
2 drepanoid
3 chimerical
4 thurible
5 colubrine
95 short-tailed, long-haired monkey 1 stigmatic
2 promachos
3 gauss
4 uakari
5 vespoid
96 to send into the country; to banish to rural areas 1 rusticate
2 isostasy
3 pediform
4 seismoscope
5 aurantiaceous
97 enwrapping; curved downward or inward 1 paranymph
2 obvolvent
3 illiquation
4 austringer
5 nigricant
98 to add extra sugar to wine to raise alcohol content 1 nacket
2 equiparate
3 chaptalize
4 cupel
5 sporicide
99 numbness experienced upon awakening 1 phonendoscope
2 voltameter
3 acropodium
4 narcohypnia
5 scurriour
100 jacket and trousers worn by practitioner of judo 1 judogi
2 casern
3 bight
4 poltroon
5 cotyliform
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