October Words

5 Written Questions

1. a word used in order to mislead a person or to avoid a straight answer
2. boorish or vulgar
3. molasses or something heavily sweet and cloying
4. oracular
5. support on which a lever rests or pivots or a part of an animal that serves as a hinge or a support

5 Matching Questions

1. emblazon
2. debunk
3. multifarious
4. saccade
5. impertinent

1. a to expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims
2. b to inscribe or decorate conspicuously or to celebrate
3. c rude or irrelevant
4. d diverse
5. e small jerky movement of the eyes from one fixation point to another

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) or the places
   1. saga
   2. vatic
   3. hustings
   4. churlish
2. to lessen or to make more correct
   1. sleuth
   2. alleviate
   3. stipulate
   4. vatic
3. an optimistic person
   1. Pollyanna
   2. plethora
   3. proficient
   4. nonage
4. minority or a period of youth before maturity or lack of maturity
   1. saccade
   2. cynosure
   3. saga
   4. nonage
5. bellyache
   1. alleviate
   2. collywobbles
   3. cynosure
   4. Pollyanna

5 True/False Questions

1. stipulate → to specify a condition

   True        False

2. plethora → abundance or excess

   True        False

3. rife → a tale of figures or events of Norway and Iceland from history or legend or a story of heroic deeds or a long detailed account

   True        False

4. epigram → a tale of figures or events of Norway and Iceland from history or legend or a story of heroic deeds or a long detailed account

   True        False

5. posthumous → occurring or coming into existence after a person's death or published after death

   True        False