Word Nerd

Q.1

Please enter your name.

Fiirst name and last initial are fine. Nicknames are also fine.

First Name

Last Name

Q.2

Please enter your email address.

No one will ever see this but me. I just need the information to verify prize winners.

Email

Selet the answer which best matches the meaning of the word.

Q.3

conundrum

dome
sculpture
riddle
comic

Q.4

clishmaclaver

gossip
work tool
verbal device
gathering

Q.5

proprietor

lender
renter
realtor
owner

Q.6

waggish

resistant
humorous
avoidant
amorous

Q.7

bombinate

buzz
zip
chirp
tick

Q.8

empyreal

subterranean
celestial
sequestered
vulnerable

Q.9

gambol

wager
travel
frolic
sulk

Q.10

merrythought

daydream
wonder
wishbone
charm

Q.11

brouhaha

comedy
uproar
song
gift

Q.12

bonhomie

consternation
contentment
fragility
friendliness

Select the word that best matches the definition given.

Q.13

A person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval

vituperator
sycophant
dissertator
hierophant

Q.14

a timid, unassertive person

milquetoast
prattler
assailant
blatherskite

Q.15

An uncontrollable desire to buy things

metromania
klazomania
megalomania
oniomania

Q.16

To deprive of force or strength

derivate
incurvate
enervate
acervate

Q.17

Digressing from or unconnected with the main subject

exculpatory
expository
undulatory
desultory

Q.18

Feeling remorse or sorrow

ebullient
penitent
subsistent
appetent

Q.19

Showing unusual generosity

munificence
arborescence
quiescence
nascence

Q.20

Promoting peace or reconciliation

irenic
ecumenic
orogenic
isogenic

Q.21

A connoisseur of good food

dilettante
sycophant
gastronome
sommelier

Q.22

An act of bidding farewell

benediction
valediction
benefaction
refraction