Etymology
Etymology
In each question below, identify the word which means 13. Opposed to someone or something in a very angry
the same as the given phrase or determined way that cannot be changed
a) Implacable b) Complacent
1. More than you need or want c) Placid d) Placebo
a) Affluent b) Influence
c) Effluence d) Superfluous 14. A feeling of unhappiness or annoyance
a) Placate b) Pleasant
2. Very pleasant to listen to c) Displeasure d) Pleasantry
a) Flume b) Confluence
c) Mellifluous d) Fluent 15. Having or showing a tendency to eat very large
amounts of food
3. The art of making beautiful handwriting a) Frugivorous b) Voracious
a) Calligraphy b) Lithography c) Devour d) Herbivorous
c) Cartography d) Hagiography
16. A town or other area where people live in houses
4. A document wholly in the handwriting of its author near a larger city
a) Epigraph b) Autograph a) Urban b) Urbane
c) Holograph d) Seismograph c) Exurb d) Suburb
8. The act of helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some 20. An area of water where privately owned boats are
way kept
a) Compulsion b) Commemorate a) Marina b) Marine
c) Commotion d) Complicity c) Rosemary d) Maritime
9. Relating to marriage or to a married couple 21. An area of soft wet land with grasses and related
a) Conclave b) Concomitant plants
c) Concatenate d) Conjuga a) Aquamarine b) Marinorama
c) Submarine d) Marsh
10. Suitable or appropriate
a) Contingent b) Congenial 22. Not agreeing with established beliefs or standards
c) Conjecture d) Conflate a) Heterogeneous b) Heterodox
c) Heteronym d) Heterosexual
11. Not showing enough care and attention
a) Remiss b) Missive 23. Someone who helps another person, group, etc.,
c) Admissible d) Permissible by giving money
a) Faculty b) Facilitator
12. To cancel or free someone from a punishment, debt, etc. c) Facile d) Benefactor
a) Transmit b) Permit
c) Remit d) Emit 24. A way of behaving or appearing that gives other
people a false idea of your true feelings or situation
a) Facade b) Factor
c) Faction d) Olfactory
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25. An imaginary person that represents a thing or idea
a) Superficial b) Personification
c) Proficient d) Ratification
26. To pay out money from a fund that has been created for
a special purpose
a) Reimburse b) Bursar
c) Bursa d) Disburse