Wonder of Words - II

Select the answer which matches the question, or word and excel in your vocabulary skills

1. toothsome (TOOTH suhm)

• missing teeth
• serrated or notched like teeth
• tasting bad
• pleasing sense of taste
• displaying prominent teeth

2. restive (RES tiv)

• relaxed
• festive
• serene
• pensive
• fidgety

3. prosody (PRAHS uh dee)

• study of prose
• study of disease prevention
• study of professional music
• study of the structure of poetry
• study of professional drama

4. apiary (AY pee er" ee)

• place where bees are kept
• storage place for peas
• place where apes are kept
• cages for monkeys
• school for mimics

5. enormity (i NOR mi tee)

• great wickedness
• cowardice or lacking courage
• great size
• normal size
• overly big or gigantic

6. inflammable (in FLAM uh buhl)

• calm
• unburnable
• easily set on fire
• unbelieving
• not easily set on fire

7. hippophobia (hip" oh FOH bee uh)

• fear of horses
• fear of getting fat
• fear of hippies
• fear of having large hips
• fear of hippopotmi

8. antebellum (an" tee BEL uhm)

• against women
• against war
• after the war
• beautiful women
• before the war

9. disinterested (dis IN trist id)

• lacking adequate rest
• lacking a bank account
• bored
• a bad financial investment
• unbiased

10. presently (PREZ uhnt lee)

• generous with gifts
• special present
• now
• soon
• president