Word Nerd Quiz

Q.1

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First Name

Last Name

Q.2

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Email

Q.3

Querulous means

agreeable
petulant

Q.4

Specious means

provable
false

Q.5

Cloying means

too sweet
too loud

Q.6

Palliative care does what?

relieves pain
cures disease

Q.7

Unctuous means

brilliant
smarmy

Q.8

Assiduous means

careless
diligent

Q.9

Tractable means

obedient
belligerent

Q.10

True or false: Hawkish means peaceable.

True
False

Q.11

If you are intransigent, you are

pigheaded
lionhearted

Q.12

Perdition means

paradise
damnation

Q.13

Dilettante means

dabbler
expert

Q.14

Omnipresent means

all-knowing
everywhere

Q.15

Cataclysm means

statement of faith
catastrophe

Q.16

A bane causes

joy
misery

Q.17

If someone is a misanthrope, he is

generous
grumpy

Q.18

A paradigm is a/an

example
contradiction

Q.19

If someone is indefatigable, they are

exhausted
full of energy

Q.20

Prosaic means

commonplace
inspired

Q.21

Fatuous means

silly
sensible

Q.22

True or False: Harangue is a topping for pie

True
False