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Captain Vocab's Corner

A place for you to test and expand your word power

CADAVER is close to the same as
a) a human corpse used for dissection
b) a popular children's game
c) a Hungarian folk dance
d) flatulence.

UTOPIA is
a) a boxed fruit beverage
b) a perfect society
c) a Jewish holiday
d) another name for the garbage dump

CHUPACABRA is
a) the Spanish word for goatsucker
b) a type of candy
c) a Romantic poet
d) a branch of the martial arts

OPPUGN means
a) intoxicated
b) broken
c) to operate
d)to oppose

IRASCIBLE means
a) jovial
b) generous
c) mentally ill
d) easily provoked

RENAL has to do with
a) cricket
b) seafaring
c) kidneys
d) government

CYGNET is
a) a volatile chemical
b) a young swan
c) the Greek god of wind
d) an heretic

OBFUSCATE means
a) to confuse
b) to steal
c) to punish harshly
d) to act cowardly

LISSOM is
a) a piece of clothing
b) extravagant
c) flexible
d) a forgotten tradition popular in 18th century Italy

TROLLOP is
a) the transportation system in London
b) a peaceful stroll
c) a person in the Witness Protection Program
d) a scantily clad woman


Answers:

1) A

2) B

3) A

4) D

5) D

6) C

7) B

8) A

9) C

10) D


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