Quiz C 17

A canyon is a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall.

A canopy is a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather.

Candid is to be openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness.

A canard is a board game much like chess.

A campus is a field on which the buildings of a university are situated.

A camber is a slightly arched surface, as of a road or a ship’s deck.

A person who is young and inexperienced is referred to as being callow.

To cajole is to make hurtful fun of someone who is lower in rank or status.

A caftan is a man’s headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.

A cachet is a small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.

Which word beginning with bu means – a tough, thin membrane that forms a sac enclosing the embryo or foetus of a mammal, bird, or reptile?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with bu means – a distinct feature or element in a problem, situation, etc; facet – a way in which a thing may be regarded?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with bu means – to hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows or attack with harsh, often insulting language?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with br means – to have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with br means – (medicine) to slow or stop the development or progress of (a disease, growth, etc)?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with br means – the point in an orbit around the planet earth where the orbiting body is farthest from the planet?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with br means – the deciduous horn of a member of the deer family?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with br means – a warm waterproof hip-length jacket usually with a hood, originally worn in polar regions, but now worn for any outdoor activity?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with br means – to toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling?{blank_1}

Which word beginning with br means – a unit used to measure electric current?{blank_1}

Which word is out of place with croaky – husky, guttural, frisky, gruff?

Which word is out of place with cringe – swivel, grovel, cower, kowtow?

Which word is out of place with craven – cowardly, timorous, dastardly, sullen?

Which word is out of place with craggy – rugged, exposed, rocky, stony?

Which word is out of place with crafty – cunning, wily, snarling, shrewd?

Which word is out of place with covert – hidden, clandestine, concealed, overt?

Which word is out of place with control – steer, veer, govern, command?

Which word is out of place with coquet – rally, dally, flirt, trifle?

Which word is out of place with convoy – escort, cohort, entourage, retinue?

Which word is out of place with convey – impart, reveal, repeal, disclose?

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