Quiz C 6

An atrium is a secluded structure in a shady garden.

An atrium is a secluded structure in a shady garden.

Astute is behaviour marked by stubborn and unrelenting animosity.

Astral describes being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.

Aslant is having an oblique or slanted direction.

Ascent is the peculiar way in which a person speaks a foreign language.

Artful is to be skilful in accomplishing a purpose, especially by the use of cunning or craft.

The artery is a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.

Arrest is to catch and hold someone’s attention, sight, etc.

Which word beginning with am means – a tough, thin membrane that forms a sac enclosing the embryo or foetus of a mammal, bird, or reptile

Which word beginning with as means – a distinct feature or element in a problem, situation, etc; facet – a way in which a thing may be regarded?

Which word beginning with as means – to hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows or attack with harsh, often insulting language?

Which word beginning with as means – to have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly?

Which word beginning with ar means – (medicine) to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc)?

Which word beginning with ap means – the point in an orbit around the planet earth where the orbiting body is farthest from the planet?

Which word beginning with an means – the deciduous horn of a member of the deer family?

Which word beginning with an means – a warm waterproof hip-length jacket usually with a hood, originally worn in polar regions, but now worn for any outdoor activity?

Which word beginning with an means – to toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling?

Which word beginning with am means – a unit used to measure electric current?

Which word in the following group is out of place with aplomb – equanimity, nonchalance, conformity, confidence?

Which word in the following group is out of place with anthem – covenant, chant, chorus, hymn?

Which word in the following group is out of place with adduce – illustrate, prove, show, educe?

Which word in the following group is out of place with allege – charge, renege, cite, testify?

Which word in the following group is out of place with acuity – shrewdness, vision, velocity, wisdom?

Which word in the following group is out of place with accrue – accumulate, amass, increase, construe?

Which word in the following group is out of place with accord – deal, discord, pact, concord?

Which word in the following group is out of place with apathy – prudence, torpor, inertia, indifference?

Which word in the following group is out of place with ardour – fervour, clamour, intensity, passion?

Which word in the following group is out of place with assert – allege, claim, renege, contend?

Match the word in the first column with another in the second column to make a recognised phrase or collocation.

Match the word in the first column with another in the second column to make a recognised phrase or collocation.