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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    What is a five-letter word meaning "to grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage"?

    • A.

      Poise

    • B.

      Gnash

    • C.

      Allay

    • D.

      Mimic

    Correct Answer
    B. Gnash
  • 2. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "a young goose"?

    • A.

      Detrude

    • B.

      Verdant

    • C.

      Gosling

    • D.

      Caprice

    Correct Answer
    C. Gosling
  • 3. 

    What is a 9 letter word meaning "ungracious"?

    • A.

      Disappear

    • B.

      Competent

    • C.

      Graceless

    • D.

      Dignitary

    Correct Answer
    C. Graceless
  • 4. 

    What is a nine-letter word meaning "a step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series"?

    • A.

      Messieurs

    • B.

      Alternate

    • C.

      Gradation

    • D.

      Expulsion

    Correct Answer
    C. Gradation
  • 5. 

    What is an eight-letter word meaning "moving or advancing by steps"?

    • A.

      Contrive

    • B.

      Gradient

    • C.

      Ungainly

    • D.

      Preamble

    Correct Answer
    B. Gradient
  • 6. 

    What is an eight-letter word meaning "the quality of being grand or admirably great"?

    • A.

      Gratuity

    • B.

      Employer

    • C.

      Grandeur

    • D.

      Aphorism

    Correct Answer
    C. Grandeur
  • 7. 

    What is a 13-letter word meaning "speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style"?

    • A.

      Hydrodynamics

    • B.

      Retrogression

    • C.

      Grandiloquent

    • D.

      Lackadaisical

    Correct Answer
    C. Grandiloquent
  • 8. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "the person to whom property is transferred by deed"?

    • A.

      Swarthy

    • B.

      Grantee

    • C.

      Wrangle

    • D.

      Defraud

    Correct Answer
    B. Grantee
  • 9. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "the maker of a deed"?

    • A.

      Florist

    • B.

      Anagram

    • C.

      Grantor

    • D.

      Peerage

    Correct Answer
    C. Grantor
  • 10. 

    What is an eight-letter word meaning "composed of small grains or particles"?

    • A.

      Credence

    • B.

      Refinery

    • C.

      Resonate

    • D.

      Granular

    Correct Answer
    D. Granular
  • 11. 

    What is a 9 letter word meaning "to form into grains or small particles"?

    • A.

      Resistant

    • B.

      Granulate

    • C.

      Dissipate

    • D.

      Kiloliter

    Correct Answer
    B. Granulate
  • 12. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "a small grain or particle"?

    • A.

      Foppery

    • B.

      Proffer

    • C.

      Literal

    • D.

      Granule

    Correct Answer
    D. Granule
  • 13. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "to take hold of"?

    • A.

      Grapple

    • B.

      Curator

    • C.

      Frantic

    • D.

      Culprit

    Correct Answer
    A. Grapple
  • 14. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "to please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need"?

    • A.

      Ensnare

    • B.

      Mockery

    • C.

      Gratify

    • D.

      Grimace

    Correct Answer
    C. Gratify
  • 15. 

    What is a 10-letter word meaning "voluntarily"?

    • A.

      Pediatrics

    • B.

      Insentient

    • C.

      Monotonous

    • D.

      Gratuitous

    Correct Answer
    D. Gratuitous

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