Kupu and Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
“Cackle” is the collective noun for which animal?
A
Hyena
2
Q
What is the Māori name for fish?
A
Ika
3
Q
The fear of small things is called what?
A
Microphobia
4
Q
What is the term for a traditional Māori tattoo?
A
Tā Moko
5
Q
What is the name of a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the
English alphabet?
A
Pangram
6
Q
Which letter is most commonly used in the English language?
A
e
7
Q
In 2022, what was Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year?
A
Goblin mode
8
Q
What is a word that reads the same forwards as it does backwards?
A
Palindrome
9
Q
What is a “pūtātara”?
A
A shell trumpet
10
Q
On average, a new word is created every …
A
98 minutes
