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Words In Custody

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Introduction:
"English usage imposes limits on the company some words usually keep. Aspersions are most often "cast", and there is seldom "kith" without "kin". See if you know which word seems to be the constant (or at least frequent) companion of the other."


1. "Meemies" are thought to be an onomatopoetic term for a particular type of artillery shell used in World War I. It is clear that if you are "meemies", there is only one thing you can do. What is it?
    Shout
    Scream
    Whimper
    Curse


2. Only one kind of "turpitude" seems ever to be designated. What variety would that be?
    General
    Behavioral
    Moral
    Personal


3. You hold the snifter in your hand, swirling the liquid it contains. You know the kind of beverage in the glass because there seems to be only one variety of snifter. With what drink do snifters seem invariably to be filled?
    Scotch
    Gin
    Brandy
    Wine


4. Got troth? I think there is only one thing you can do with it. What seems invariably to be done with troth?
    It is slurped off the top of a beverage.
    It is entwined to make a wreath.
    It is cast down.
    It is plighted.


5. Adverbs can be just as choosy about their company as nouns, verbs and adjectives. If one wishes to do something balefully, what will it most likely be?
    To shout
    To glare
    To gossip
    To stab


6. If you see the word "hackles" in a sentence, in what state are said hackles most likely to be?
    Raised
    Wet
    Flat
    Depressed


7. Great news. Something has just redounded to you. What would that most likely be?
    Your true love
    A loud noise
    A rubber ball
    Credit


8. Some things seem most often to be mentioned when we lose them. Which of the following are people more often described as being "out of" than "in"?
    Sorts
    Kilter
    All of them
    Synch


9. What is it that seems invariably to come with crannies?
    Nooks
    Grandchildren
    Criminals
    Apple juice


10. In the 1980s, Elliot Moreton coined a term, "stormy petrel", intended to indicate words that are never used except with another particular word or words. I believe that few words actually qualify for this designation, but "shrift" may be one that does. What is the only size shrift seems to come in?
    Short
    Large
    Tall
    Small


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