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Expand your vocabulary

by malinga
July 21, 2024 1:00 am 0 comment 500 views

Circle A, B, C or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.

1. Tack

A. To change course
B. To repeat
C. To agitate
D. To assault


2. Copse

A. Dead body
B. Thicket of trees
C. Racecourse
D. Stream


3. Equestrian Relating to

A. Birds
B. Travel
C. Horses
D. Water sports


4. Sylvan

A. Shiny
B. Imagined
C. Underwater
D. In the woods


5. Pristine

A. Fussy
B. Unspoiled
C. Shy
D. Dangerous


6. Hitch Type of

A. Knot
B. Fishing rod
C. Vehicle
D. Golf club


7. Escarpment

A. Deer trail
B. Neck-warmer
C. Steep slope
D. Boot


8. Love Tennis score that is

A. Zero
B. Winning
C. Tied
D. Record-setting


9. Strike

A. To set up
B. To fly
C. To go back to work
D. To take down


10. Torrid

A. Crabby
B. Fast
C. Scorched
D. Humid


11. Riffle

A. Shoal in a stream
B. Valley
C. Curve
D. Artefact


12. Tributary A stream that

A. Dries up
B. Feeds into a larger one
C. Remains underground
D. Allows navigation


13. Trough

A. Mound
B. Turbulent area
C. Tangle of branches
D. Shallow depression


14. Natant

A. Hidden
B. Floating or swimming
C. Just born
D. Green


15. Toxic

A. Poisonous
B. Long-lasting
C. Foul smelling
D. Unsanitary


16. Sediment

A. Noble feeling
B. Cut-off material
C. Shallow-rooted organism
D. Particles in a liquid


17. Porous

A. Fragile
B. Opaque
C. Full of tiny holes
D. Malleable


18. Acid rain

A. Mist from a geyser
B. Polluted precipitation
C. Vegetation emission
D. Nuclear fallout


19. Jetty

A. Sandy shoal
B. Breakwater
C. Conduit
D. Spurt of water


20. Tundra Plain in

A. Arctic regions
B. India
C. Africa
D. South America

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