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1. Which of the following means ‘a heated discussion’?

 Argy-bargy

 Willy-nilly

 Hurdy-gurdy

 

2. Which of the following means to feel ‘indignation’?

 Piqued

 Puqed

 Punqed

 

3. Which of these phrases best defines the word ‘dullard’?

 A male duck

 A fatless margarine

 A stupid person

 

4. Which of the following means difficulty in word recognition?

 Dysgraphia

 Dyslexia

 Dyspraxia

 

5. Which of the following best defines the word ‘pernicious’?

 Very very boring

 Very very harmful

 Very very drunk

 

6. What is ‘hubris’?

 Arrogance

 Compost

 Humility

 

7. Which of the following words means ‘foresight’?

 Prescience

 Parboiled

 Pastiche

 

8. What is closest to ‘perfidious’ in meaning?

 Boring

 Treacherous

 Perfect

 

9. If you called a spade a spade how might you best be described?

 Inane

 Risible

 Prosaic

 

10. Which of the following best defines the word ‘parsimonious’?

 Confusing

 Religious

 Stingy

 

 

Answers:

1.Argy-bargy 2. Piqued 3. A stupid person 4. Dyslexia 5. Very very harmful 6. Arrogance 7. Prescience 8. Treacherous 9. Prosaic 10. Stingy

 

 

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