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Quiz about YET Even MORE Words That Make Me Stop to Think
Quiz about YET Even MORE Words That Make Me Stop to Think

YET Even MORE Words That Make Me Stop to Think Quiz


Before I put them down in ink. I didn't realize how many words in American English were hard to spell without thinking about them. Let's see how you do on this list of them, starting again with "A".

A multiple-choice quiz by habitsowner. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
habitsowner
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
346,224
Updated
Feb 23 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2594
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. A - There's a country that used to give me a problem, but for some reason after I visited it, I could always remember the correct spelling. Can you spell the name of the country that we Yanks often refer to as "Down Under" or "Oz"? It's both an island and a continent, if that helps you. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. B - When university graduation time comes along, this word is used a lot, so you'd best be sure to know how to spell it. Of what word am I speaking? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. C - Our next word is an adjective that means a violent, sudden and usually tragic event. Please tell me how to correctly spell it. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. D - This word is one someone doesn't want happening to his plans, that's for sure. It means something that serves to discourage or prevent one from doing what one wanted. It can also mean to prevent someone else from doing what they want, such as in a military sense. What is the correct spelling? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. E - We see, and thus may have need to spell, this word often, particular having to do with business or the stock market, in particularly in the dot.com world. Would you have to look it up or do you know how to spell the word that would describe, as an example, the late Steve Jobs. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. F - This word shouldn't be too hard, since we read it so much, particularly in the newspapers. But, you'd be surprised at how often it can be one that you have to hesitate before you write it. It means "from out of the country" or "alien". What is it? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. G - This word is one meaning the descent, as an example, of your family. In other words, your family tree or, if you were a dog, we'd call it your pedigree. Would you pick that one out of the options given, please? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. H - We all know this one, and if you can quickly, and correctly, spell it, good for you. I usually have to think hard before I write it. It's a word that means to express joy, praise, or thanks. There's a rousing chorus written by Handel we hear a lot around Easter that has this word in its name. Go ahead, tell me what it is. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I - Please select the correct spelling of the word that means "really, really small". Thank you. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. J - This is a verb meaning to expose to risk, or to danger. We do this to our health if we smoke or overindulge in "spiritous" liquids. Which is the correct spelling, please. Remember, this is the US spelling. Hint



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1. A - There's a country that used to give me a problem, but for some reason after I visited it, I could always remember the correct spelling. Can you spell the name of the country that we Yanks often refer to as "Down Under" or "Oz"? It's both an island and a continent, if that helps you.

Answer: Australia

The name comes from the Latin, "Terra Australis". A southern continent, spoken of as "Terra Australis Incognita" has been spoken of since the second century. Matthew Flinders suggested changing it to the current name, to be easier on the ear. Governor Lachlan MacQuarie agreed and began using it officially.

The ultimate source would be the Latin "auster" meaning "south" and thus, "the south country".
2. B - When university graduation time comes along, this word is used a lot, so you'd best be sure to know how to spell it. Of what word am I speaking?

Answer: baccalaureate

It is most likely from the Middle Latin word "baccalaureatus", a re-Latinization of "bachelor" in its academic sense. Thus, from about the 1620's it was used denoting "university degree of a bachelor".
3. C - Our next word is an adjective that means a violent, sudden and usually tragic event. Please tell me how to correctly spell it.

Answer: catastrophic

It comes from the Greek "katastrephein" meaning to "to turn" or "to overturn". Its first known use was around 1540, although one website puts it as late as 1837.
4. D - This word is one someone doesn't want happening to his plans, that's for sure. It means something that serves to discourage or prevent one from doing what one wanted. It can also mean to prevent someone else from doing what they want, such as in a military sense. What is the correct spelling?

Answer: deterrent

It comes from the Latin "to frighten" and was first heard about 1829. It has been used a great deal relating to nuclear weapons from about 1954.
5. E - We see, and thus may have need to spell, this word often, particular having to do with business or the stock market, in particularly in the dot.com world. Would you have to look it up or do you know how to spell the word that would describe, as an example, the late Steve Jobs.

Answer: entrepreneur

The definition of the word according to Webster's is "one who organizes, manages and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise". It comes from the Old French "entreprendre" meaning "undertake" and was first used in 1828 about a promoter of a theatrical production.
6. F - This word shouldn't be too hard, since we read it so much, particularly in the newspapers. But, you'd be surprised at how often it can be one that you have to hesitate before you write it. It means "from out of the country" or "alien". What is it?

Answer: foreign

It derives from the Latin "foris" on to the Middle English "forein" and was first used as far back as 1200's.
7. G - This word is one meaning the descent, as an example, of your family. In other words, your family tree or, if you were a dog, we'd call it your pedigree. Would you pick that one out of the options given, please?

Answer: genealogy

This word can be traced to the Greek meaning "generation descent", to the Late Latin "genealogia" meaning "tracing of a family" and from the Old French "genealogie" where it was used in the 12th century. In English is was first used early in the 1300's.
8. H - We all know this one, and if you can quickly, and correctly, spell it, good for you. I usually have to think hard before I write it. It's a word that means to express joy, praise, or thanks. There's a rousing chorus written by Handel we hear a lot around Easter that has this word in its name. Go ahead, tell me what it is.

Answer: hallelujah

This word came to us from the Hebrew "hallahu-yah" meaning "praise ye Jehova". "Hallahu" means "to praise" or "song of praise", and "yah" is an abbreviated term of "Yahweh: which means "name of God". In the 1530s it replaced a variant from the 1100s.
9. I - Please select the correct spelling of the word that means "really, really small". Thank you.

Answer: infinitesimal

This word, which we use more often than we realize, comes from the Latin "infinitus" plus "esimus", meaning "infinite" and "hundredth". It was used first as a noun in the mid-1600's and then in the early 1700's as an adjective.
10. J - This is a verb meaning to expose to risk, or to danger. We do this to our health if we smoke or overindulge in "spiritous" liquids. Which is the correct spelling, please. Remember, this is the US spelling.

Answer: jeopardize

It came from the Middle English, where it was used as a verb "jeopard" in the late 1300s. The noun, "jeopardy" came from the Old French "jeu parti" meaning "a game with even chances". "Jeopardize", itself, was first heard as a word in around 1582. I understand that British spelling has a "s" rather than the "z" that the US uses.
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