lab session 4 Flashcards
A person suffering from triskaidekaphobia is likely to regard Friday 13th as an auspicious day.
true or false
false
Nomophobia means: A. fear of gnomes B. fear of nomads C. fear of nomenclature D. no mobile phone fear
D
Give one word of Greek origin which means:
Fear of Friday the 13th:
paraskevidekatriaphobia
What number is hidden in the following word (use the number keys):
chiliad:
1000
What number is hidden in the following word (use the number keys):
hectare:
100
What number is hidden in the following word (use the number keys):
heptathlon:
7
What is the word for the following form of governance:
by the military:
stratocracy
What is the word for the following form of governance:
by a single regent:
monarchy
What is the word for the following form of governance:
by the few:
oligarchy
What is the word for the following fear:
of cats:
ailurophobia
What is the word for the following fear:
of reptiles:
herpetophobia
What is the word for the following fear:
birds:
ornithophobia
What is the word for the following fear:
of the night:
nyctophobia
What does the following person/thing love?
Example: thermophile: Answer: heat
photophilous:
light
What is the word for the study of:
rocks:
petrology
What is the word for the study of:
insects:
entomology
What is the word for the study of:
women’s diseases:
gynaecology
What is the word for the study of:
cultures and races:
ethnology
What is the word for the study of:
fish
ichthyology
The following are synonyms:
diaphanous - transparent
true or false
true
The following are synonyms:
chronic - perennial
true or false
true
The following are synonyms:
dogmatic - equivocal
true or false
false
Give one word for (write out the whole word even though I have given the first letter as a clue):
original model: p
prototype
Give one word for: (write out the whole word even though I have given the first letter as a clue)
combination: s
synthesis
Give one word for: (write out the whole word even though I have given the first letter as a clue)
direct opposite: a
antithesis
Give one word for: (write out the whole word even though I have given the first letter as a clue)
moral: e
ethics
‘The Pentagon’ is an example of an oxymoron.
false
A polymath is a specialist in many branches of mathematics
false
Greek numerals represent multiples and Latin numerals represent fractions.
true
A necromancer would definitely suffer from thanatophobia.
false
thanatophobia- fear of death
An ant-eater could be described as an entomophagous animal.
true - insect feeder
Give one word of greek origin to substitute for the words in italics:
We have a mutually beneficial relationship.
symbiotic
Give one word of Greek origin to substitute for the words in italics:
This young man is a new convert to sadoku.
neophyte
Give one word of Greek origin to substitute for the words in italics:
Penguins are ‘one mate for life’ birds.
monogamous
Give one word of Greek origin to substitute for the words in italics:
The political prisoners were given full pardon.
amnesty
What is the word for ‘a fear of earthquakes’?
seismophobia
What is the word for ‘a lover of archery’?
toxophilite
What is the word for the medical condition, rabies?
hydrophobia
What is the word for ‘the study of elections’?
psephology
What is another word (of Greek origin) for ‘cannibals’?
anthropophagi
What does a dendrologist study?
trees
True or false: centimetre and hectometre both indicate 100 metres.
false
True or false? An epidemic affects people world-wide.
false
True or false? A misogynist is likely to be a philanderer.
false
The following are synonyms:
protean - versatile
true
Proteus was a minor sea-god who had to abiltiy to change his shape.
What number is hidden in the word ‘hebdomadal’? (use number keys - do not write the word)
7
breaker of images or a person who attacks cherished or traditional beliefs
iconoclast
5 athletic events
pentathlon
An anachronism is something which is in the wrong time period.
true
Give the Greek based synonym for a ‘speluncologist’:
speleologist (study of caves)
Choose the word which means ‘a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than rational argument.’
A. demagogue
B. plebeian
C. democrat
A. demagogue
The following are synonyms: synergy - collaboration
true
It would be true to say that anthropophagi are carnivorous.
true
What do you think a person hates if he is accused of ‘misoneism’?
A. new things
B. newly coined words
C. babies
A
