English WOW Quiz Review

Question 1

Abscond

Answer 1

To leave in a sudden and secret manner, typically to avoid capture and arrest

Question 2

Archaic

Answer 2

Very old or old fashioned

Question 3

Baader Meinhof Phenomenon

Answer 3

The experience of learning a new piece of information - often a word - and then repeatedly noticing it being used

Question 4

Cacophony

Answer 4

A harsh mixture of sounds

Question 5

Carte Blanche

Answer 5

Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best

Question 6

Debunk

Answer 6

To expose the falseness of an idea or belief; to disprove

Question 7

Docile

Answer 7

Easily trained or taught

Question 8

Eclectic

Answer 8

Made up of styles and ideas from many different sources

Question 9

Egregious

Answer 9

Extremely bad; shocking

Question 10

En Route

Answer 10

On the way; in course of a journey

Question 11

Euphemism

Answer 11

A mild word or phrase that is substituted for something considered too harsh or blunt to say

Question 12

Faux Pas

Answer 12

A tactless, embarrassing action (or remark) in a social situation

Question 13

Gregarious

Answer 13

Found of company; sociable

Question 14

Infinitesimal

Answer 14

Extremely small

Question 15

Magnanimous

Answer 15

Very generous or forgiving, especially toward someone less powerful than oneself

Question 16

Mellifluous

Answer 16

Sweetly or smoothing flowing; pleasant to hear

Question 17

Mondane

Answer 17

Lacking interest or excitement; dull

Question 18

Non Sequitur

Answer 18

A statement or conclusion that does not logically follow the previous statement

Question 19

Obsequious

Answer 19

Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree; servile

Question 20

Pariah

Answer 20

An outcast; a person who is generally despised or avoided

Question 21

Pejorative

Answer 21

Expressing disapproval or contempt

Question 22

Penultimate

Answer 22

Second to last in series of items

Question 23

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Answer 23

A lung disease

Question 24

Quagmire

Answer 24

A complex or hazardous situation; a situation that is very difficult to get oneself out of

Question 25

Quintessential

Answer 25

Representing the most perfect example of a certain quality

Question 26

Schadenfreude

Answer 26

A feeling of pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune

Question 27

Sesquipedalian

Answer 27

Tending to use long words

Question 28

Spoonerism

Answer 28

A verbal error in which a speaker - either accidentally or a play in words - transposes the initial sound of two words, often for humorous effect

Question 29

Tactic

Answer 29

Understood or being implied without being spoken

Question 30

Ubiquitous

Answer 30

Appearing or found everywhere

Question 31

Vacillate

Answer 31

To alternate or waver between different opinions or feelings; to be indecisive

Question 32

Virtuoso

Answer 32

A person highly skilled in music or another form of art