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What Do You Mean By That?
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Test your
vocabulary by guessing the correct definition of the
following words.
1. abstruse, adj., a. spacious, b.
hard to understand, c. stupid
2. anchorite, noun, a. someone who lives in
seclusion, b. someone who collects anchors, c. someone who
is dependable
3. asseverate, verb, a. to cut apart, b. to assert
earnestly, c. to yell
4. bastinado, noun, a. a beating, b. a child born out
of wedlock, c. a basket
5. chicanery, noun, a. trickery, b. a special factory
for canning, c. a house of fashion
6. coruscate, verb, a. steal, b. sparkle, c. sell
7. discombobulate, verb, a. behead, b. cut hair, c.
confuse
8. fatuity, noun, a. foolishness, b. an overweight
person, c. a fatal wound
9. fusty, adj., a. finicky, b. old, c. moldy
10. mawkish, adj., a. childishly sentimental, b.
loud, c. overly dramatic
11. officious, adj., a. important, b. insulting, c.
meddlesome
12. prink, verb, a. pull a joke on someone, b. primp,
c. poke a small hole
13. sangfroid, noun, a. an imperturbable state, b. a
teaching related to that of Sigmund Freud, c. a method of
singing
14. shoat, noun, a. a piece of wheat, b. a weaned
young pig, c. a type of watercraft
15. turbid, adj., a. tough, b. hot, c. dense
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