TEST 
Here is a word quiz from A to Z for
the confirmed lexophile. Choose the
correct definition. Keep score.
No cheating by Googling words. The correct answers can be found by scrolling down.
AGASTOPIA
- Food caught in-between teeth
- A rapids retreat
- Admiration of a particular part of someone’s body
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BIBBLE
- Missing a pitch in Cricket To drink often, to drink noisily
- A political heretic
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CABOTAGE
- Coastal navigation
- A type of cabbage soup
- A burglar’s tool carryall
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DOODLE SACK
- A bag made of goat skin
- Old English word for bagpipe
- A bag to hold art supplies
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ERINACEOUS
- Resembling a hedgehog
- An inadvertent insult
- A flock of flamingos
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FIRMAN
- In Turkey a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign
- A logger who fells fir trees
- Another name for Sasquatch
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GABELLE
- A type of gable roof
- A tax on salt
- An attractive Spanish Senorita
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HALFPACE
- A rugby term for receiving the ball and then kicking it
- Shoes that fit either the left or right foot
- A platform of a staircase where the stair turns and reverses direction
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IMPIGNORATE
- Clinical term for gambling addiction
- To pawn something
- Fear of porpoises
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JENTACULAR
- A Scottish jumping contest where the participant jumps over two or more sheep
- Pertaining to breakfast
- Juggling cats
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KAKORRHAPHIOPHOBIA
- Fear of failure
- Fear of nose hairs
- Fear of Sushi
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LAMPROPHONY
- Clarity of enunciation
- Fruit allergy
- The love of tree remnants
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MACROSMATIC
- Pertaining to organic fertilizer
- Having a good sense of smell
- The name of an early IBM computer
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NUDIUSTERTIAN
- A union member who promotes acts of civil disobedience
- The day before yesterday
- Members of nudist communities who don’t believe in swimming
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OXTER
- Outdated word meaning armpit
- An infertile bull
- Shorthand for a gazillion
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PAUCILOQUENT
- A method of preparing porridge
- Uttering few words, brief in speech
- A function in calculus
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QUIRE
- Two dozen sheets of paper
- A winning raffle ticket
- Twin kangaroos
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RATOON
- A small shoot growing from the root of a plant
- A controversial opinion
- A newborn raccoon
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SALOPETTES
- An Italian soft cheese
- High-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps
- A 19th century carnival ride similar to a merry-go round
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TITTYNOPE
- A species of field mice
- A small quantity of something left over
- Next to nothing
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ULOTRICHOUS
- Having beautiful eyes
- Having crispy hair
- A type of surgical scalpel
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VALETUDINARIAN
- A sickly or weak person
- A person who falsely believes he is 90 years old
- Severe frost bite
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WINKLEPICKER
- A style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed toe
- A farm worker who harvests flowers.
- A nuclear particle that is neither positive nor negative
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XERTZ
- To gulp down quickly and greedily
- A diamond with 24 edges and 12 vertices
- Technical term for an impacted tooth
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YARBOROUGH
- A hand of cards containing no card above a nine
- A type of white hat with a wide brim
- A rich investor
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ZOANTHROPY
- Fear of deer and antelopes in zoos
- A delusion of a person who believes himself changed into an animal
- Infrared X-rays
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The correct definitions
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AGASTOPIA
Correct Definition: Admiration of a particular part of someone’s body
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BIBBLE
Correct Definition: To drink often, to drink noisily
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CABOTAGE
Correct Definition: Coastal navigation
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DOODLE SACK
Correct Definition: Old English word for bagpipe
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ERINACEOUS
Correct Definition: Resembling a hedgehog
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FIRMAN
Correct Definition: In Turkey a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign
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GABELLE
Correct Definition: A tax on salt
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HALFPACE
Correct Definition: A platform of a staircase where the stair turns and reverses direction
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IMPIGNORATE
Correct Definition: To pawn something
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JENTACULAR
Correct Definition: Pertaining to breakfast
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KAKORRHAPHIOPHOBIA
Correct Definition: Fear of failure
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LAMPROPHONY
Correct Definition: Clarity of enunciation
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MACROSMATIC
Correct Definition: Having a good sense of smell
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NUDIUSTERTIAN
Correct Definition: The day before yesterday
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OXTER
Correct Definition: Outdated word meaning armpit
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PAUCILOQUENT
Correct Definition: Uttering few words, brief in speech
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QUIRE
Correct Definition: Two dozen sheets of paper
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RATOON
Correct Definition: A small shoot growing from the root of a plant
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SALOPETTES
Correct Definition: High-waisted skiing pants with shoulder straps
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TITTYNOPE
Correct Definition: A small quantity of something left over
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ULOTRICHOUS
Correct Definition: Having crispy hair
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VALETUDINARIAN
Correct Definition: A sickly or weak person
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WINKLEPICKER
Correct Definition: A style of shoe or boot in the 1950s with a sharp and long pointed toe
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XERTZ
Correct Definition: To gulp down a drink quickly and greedily
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YARBOROUGH
Correct Definition: A hand of cards containing no card above a nine
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ZOANTHROPY
Correct Definition: A delusion of a person who believes himself changed into an animal
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