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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    What is a 15 letter word meaning "the property of emitting light"?

    • A.

      Cosmopolitanism

    • B.

      Inapprehensible

    • C.

      Phosphorescence

    • D.

      Superintendence

    Correct Answer
    C. pHospHorescence
  • 2. 

    What is a 13-letter word meaning "pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity"?

    • A.

      Introgression

    • B.

      Photoelectric

    • C.

      Gratification

    • D.

      Procrastinate

    Correct Answer
    B. pHotoelectric
  • 3. 

    What is a 10-letter word meaning "any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights"?

    • A.

      Hesitation

    • B.

      Relinquish

    • C.

      Necropolis

    • D.

      Photometer

    Correct Answer
    D. pHotometer
  • 4. 

    What is a 10-letter word meaning "the art of measuring the intensity of light"?

    • A.

      Photometry

    • B.

      Inveterate

    • C.

      Vociferous

    • D.

      Convergent

    Correct Answer
    A. pHotometry
  • 5. 

    What is a nine-letter word meaning "a specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy"?

    • A.

      Lithotype

    • B.

      Sibilance

    • C.

      Physicist

    • D.

      Anthology

    Correct Answer
    C. pHysicist
  • 6. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy"?

    • A.

      Lattice

    • B.

      Physics

    • C.

      Anarchy

    • D.

      Paragon

    Correct Answer
    B. pHysics
  • 7. 

    What is an 11-letter word meaning "the external appearance merely"?

    • A.

      Masterpiece

    • B.

      Contingency

    • C.

      Physiognomy

    • D.

      Linguistics

    Correct Answer
    C. pHysiognomy
  • 8. 

    What is a 12-letter word meaning "description of nature"?

    • A.

      Discriminate

    • B.

      Immeasurable

    • C.

      Physiography

    • D.

      Ministration

    Correct Answer
    C. pHysiograpHy
  • 9. 

    What is a 10-letter word meaning "the science of organic functions"?

    • A.

      Gregarious

    • B.

      Needlework

    • C.

      Physiology

    • D.

      Prominence

    Correct Answer
    C. pHysiology
  • 10. 

    What is an eight-letter word meaning "the physical structure or organization of a person"?

    • A.

      Physique

    • B.

      Squabble

    • C.

      Picayune

    • D.

      Reformer

    Correct Answer
    A. pHysique
  • 11. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "a small flute"?

    • A.

      Rampant

    • B.

      Bombast

    • C.

      Polygon

    • D.

      Piccolo

    Correct Answer
    D. Piccolo
  • 12. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "open robbery, as in war"?

    • A.

      Pillage

    • B.

      Discard

    • C.

      Witless

    • D.

      Degrade

    Correct Answer
    A. Pillage
  • 13. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "a wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn"?

    • A.

      Radiate

    • B.

      Pillory

    • C.

      Cadence

    • D.

      Urgency

    Correct Answer
    B. Pillory
  • 14. 

    What is a seven-letter word meaning "an instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot"?

    • A.

      Replete

    • B.

      Pincers

    • C.

      Denizen

    • D.

      Peccant

    Correct Answer
    B. Pincers
  • 15. 

    What is an eight-letter word meaning "an instrument having two jaws working on a pivot"?

    • A.

      Tangency

    • B.

      Vitalize

    • C.

      Pinchers

    • D.

      Implicit

    Correct Answer
    C. Pinchers

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