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Quiz about Vocabuary

Vocab-"uary" Trivia Quiz


Can you match the words ending with -uary to brief definitions?

A matching quiz by Earthboy. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Earthboy
Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
391,384
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
944
Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (7/10), Guest 142 (8/10), slay01 (10/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. Shelter  
  reliquary
2. Where river meets the ocean  
  electuary
3. Funeral home  
  voluptuary
4. Holy container or shrine  
  sumptuary
5. Risk statistician  
  actuary
6. Script translator  
  obituary
7. A law that limits expenditure  
  textuary
8. Death news  
  sanctuary
9. Sweet medicine  
  estuary
10. Luxurious person  
  mortuary





Select each answer

1. Shelter
2. Where river meets the ocean
3. Funeral home
4. Holy container or shrine
5. Risk statistician
6. Script translator
7. A law that limits expenditure
8. Death news
9. Sweet medicine
10. Luxurious person

Most Recent Scores
Mar 08 2024 : Guest 173: 7/10
Mar 03 2024 : Guest 142: 8/10
Mar 02 2024 : slay01: 10/10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Shelter

Answer: sanctuary

Sanctuary is defined as a sacred place or a haven. There are a few broad types of sanctuaries. Religious sanctuaries include churches, temples, and mosques, which are places where people go to worship or pray to God. An animal sanctuary is a place where animals are kept safe while living naturally.
2. Where river meets the ocean

Answer: estuary

An estuary is a confluent body of water where a river or tributary feeds into a sea or ocean. It is a body of brackish water where freshwater from the river and saltwater from the ocean mix. Estuaries have numerous different names depending on their morphology, such as bays, lagoons, harbors, inlets, and sounds. An example of an estuary is the San Francisco Bay in California, where water from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and runoff from the Sierra Nevada Mountains collect before passing on to the Pacific Ocean.

Another example is Rio de la Plata, which is a funnel-shaped estuary in Argentina, where the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers merge before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
3. Funeral home

Answer: mortuary

A mortuary is a place where dead bodies are temporarily kept in coffins for public display. More popularly called a funeral home, it is where people come to see and pay their respects to the dead body - especially of their loved one - before it is buried or cremated.

A related place is morgue, which is a location within a hospital where corpses are stored until they are studied (like for an autopsy), cremated, or buried.
4. Holy container or shrine

Answer: reliquary

A reliquary is a sacred container used to store relics, such as the remains of saints like bones. Reliquaries are also used to store sacred objects, like the Crown of Thorns, the True Cross of Jesus, the Staff of Moses, and the Sword of Muhammad. Reliquaries are usually found in holy places, such as in monasteries and cathedrals.
5. Risk statistician

Answer: actuary

An actuary is a statistician responsible for compiling risks and uncertainties using statistics. Actuaries often use insurance rates to estimate the cost of an event that might occur, such as death, injury, or destruction. Actuaries sometimes come to places that were devastated by disasters, such as by hurricanes.

The discipline of an actuary usually falls in two main categories-life and non-life. Life actuaries include health insurance and life insurance as they cover the risks of death and disease. Non-life actuaries include homeowners insurance and auto insurance as they cover the risks of property loss and car crash.
6. Script translator

Answer: textuary

A textuary, also known as textman, is a person who specializes in scriptures, which are sacred writings used in the Bible. Textuaries are tasked with translating ancient scripts into Latin characters. A person would need to have a background in biblical scholarship in order to be a textuary.
7. A law that limits expenditure

Answer: sumptuary

A sumptuary law regulates expenditures on food, clothing, furniture, and other important things in specific regions; otherwise the availability would vary widely over different regions, leaving some regions being overabundant in supplies while scarce in the others.

The law was first applied in the ancient world and eventually made its way to use in the New World. In the colonial America, for example, the law restricted people from wearing gold or silver laces and buttons.
8. Death news

Answer: obituary

The obituary section found in reading media, such as newspaper, gives information about the person who have recently passed away. Obituaries typically include biographies, lifetime achievements, causes of death, and legacies. An obituary is like a tombstone made out of paper!
9. Sweet medicine

Answer: electuary

An electuary is a pasty medicine made of honey, syrup or other sweet substance mixed with herbs. It can be rolled into a pill or lozenge, and administered to animals as well as humans. It is used to treat illnesses such as stomachaches and sore throats.
10. Luxurious person

Answer: voluptuary

Voluptuaries frequently enjoy luxurious and sensual times that typically involve great comfort and grandeur. Voluptuaries would frequently travel with a lover to paradises that have beautiful beaches, hotels, resorts, and many other luxurious places to enjoy.
Source: Author Earthboy

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