Test your vocabulary to see if you know the meanings of the following words. The answers are not provided to ensure that you actually look up a dictionary to find the correct meanings.
adulation
anachronistic
antagonist
assiduous
camaraderie
censure
clairvoyant
deleterious
emulate
extenuating
fortuitous
hackneyed
intrepid
lobbyist
nonchalant
opulent
perfidious
precocious
pretentious
prudent
querulous
spurious
surreptitious
vindicate
waylay
xenophobia
Did you know?
1.Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
2.
The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
3.
If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
4.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
5.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
6.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
7.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
8.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
9.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
10.
90% of the people will try to lick their elbow while reading this.
Hidden Countries Word Puzzle
In each of the sentences below, the names of two countries are hidden. For example, the sentence: "Interpol and the FBI track down hidden marksmen" conceals the names POLAND and DENMARK.
See if you can find all twenty hidden countries. Answers will be given in the next edition.
1. Vladimir and Olga are soviet names.
2. Have you ever heard an animal talk in dialect?
3. The children put on galoshes to go out in the rain.
4. Extra tuition will help an amateur to improve his painting.
5. In the United Nations we denounce the wholesale ban on atomic weapons
6. Rash decisions may lead to trouble so thorough analysis is required.
7. The king and queen eat breakfast and lunch in a fine palace.
8. Such a display could be either really grand or rather disappointing.
9. Give the dog a bone and give him a little water.
10. If an iron pipe rusts you just have to shrug and accept it.
2. Have you ever heard an animal talk in dialect?
3. The children put on galoshes to go out in the rain.
4. Extra tuition will help an amateur to improve his painting.
5. In the United Nations we denounce the wholesale ban on atomic weapons
6. Rash decisions may lead to trouble so thorough analysis is required.
7. The king and queen eat breakfast and lunch in a fine palace.
8. Such a display could be either really grand or rather disappointing.
9. Give the dog a bone and give him a little water.
10. If an iron pipe rusts you just have to shrug and accept it.
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