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\n Here’s the answers to the pop quiz previously posted on this
\nconference from the book, “Crazy English” by, Richard Lederer,
\nPocket Books, 1989):<\/p>\n
What do the following words mean:
\n 1. ANTEBELLUM = d. before the war
\n 2. APIARY = c. place where bees are kept
\n 3. AQUILINE = a. resembling an eagle
\n 4. CUPIDITY a strong desire for wealth
\n 5. DISINTERESTED = b. unbiased
\n 6. ENORMITY = a. great wickedness
\n 7. FORESTRESS = d. emphasis on first part of word
\n 8. FRIABLE = a. easily crumbled
\n 9. HERPETOLOGY the study of d. reptiles
\n 10. HIPPOPHOBIA the fear of b. horses
\n 11. INFINITESIMAL = a. very small
\n 12. INFLAMMABLE = d. easily set on fire
\n 13. INGENUOUS = b. innocent
\n 14. MERETRICIOUS = a. falsely attractive
\n 15. PRESENTLY = c. soon
\n 16. PROSODY the study of d. versification
\n 17. RESTIVE = c. fidgety
\n 18. RISIBLE = a. disposed to laugh
\n 19. TOOTHSOME = c. palatable
\n 20. VOTARY = b. enthusiast<\/p>\n
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