Welcome to Wondrous Words Wednesday, a fun meme hosted by Kathy at Bermuda Onion. Hop over to Kathy’s blog to find links to all kinds of fun words.
I’m taking a different spin this week. Instead of a Word Nerd Workout, I’m challenging you to a Word Nerd 5K! Everyone who answers all five questions correctly will be entered into a drawing. The winner will receive a gift card from Barnes and Noble and “link love” from me. (Translation: I’ll post to Twitter, Facebook, and Google + about your word nerdy prowess!)
Ready? Let’s get that brain running. I based all questions on previous vocab posts here at my blog. You can consult my Word Nerdy Words page for help.
- Which choice is the best synonym for nascent?
- shapeless
- inchoate
- mature
- odorous
- Which character could be described as sardonic?
- Katniss Everdeen
- Jane Eyre
- Severus Snape
- Scout Finch
- Suggest an antonym for limpid. _________
- Fill in the blank: rapacious:voracious :: garrulous : _________
- Choose the best answer; when two people collude, that means they:
- train together
- argue
- conspire
- collide
Good luck and thanks for “running” with me today! I will accept comments through Tuesday, April 2, and I’ll announce the winner in next Wednesday’s post.
Julia
Crikey, that’s a difficult list of questions! What are the correct answers if the contest is over? Would love to know if I was right…
LOL! “Crickey” is a fun word. Thanks for your interest. The answers my quiz are: 1) inchoate 2) Snape 3) opaque, obscure, cloudy, etc 4) loquacious, talkative, chatty, etc 5) conspire
Ooof –feel like I’m taking the GRE! You guys are way smarter than me. 🙁
What a fun wordy quiz post.
Great job everyone! Thanks for “running” with me. It’s not too late to join in…
Ooh, a quiz–what fun!
1. B
2. C
3. opaque
4. verbose
5. C
Ok, Julia, here are my answers:
1. B
2. C
3. murky
4. talkative
5. C
Fun “5K”!
1. B: Inchoate
2. C: Severus Snape
3. Murky
4. Loquacious
5. Conspire
These are so fun, Julia! I really need to get some kind of reminder to come here and challenge my brain more often!! ♥
Mature
Severus Snape
Opaque
Laconic
Conspire
This is fun!
1. B
2. A
3. cloudy
4. loquacious
5. C
Here goes:
1. B
2. C
3. obscure
4. talkative
5. C
Wow! Great 5K! I’m not really in shape but I’ll take a stab at it:
1. B
2. C
3. troubled
4. loquacious
5. C
🙂