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Wonderful Facts About Words!

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1 Question
30 másodperce
Q.

The word ________ comes from the Italian term for "broken bench."


Global

Finance

Bankrupt

2 Question
30 másodperce
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A single piece of confetti is called a ________.


Confett

Confetto

Confetta

3 Question
30 másodperce
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Pick the longest words without any vowels in them:


Crwth and cwtch

Grwth and wtch

Nwtch and hwtch

4 Question
30 másodperce
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A word that is used to refer to the day before yesterday.


Overmorrow

Ulotrichous

Nudiustertian

5 Question
30 másodperce
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The word "ambulance" is rooted in the Latin word ambulare. What does it mean?


Running

To walk

To cure

6 Question
30 másodperce
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There's a phrase that describes the opposite of 'déjà Vu.


Jamais vu

Jamaika

Tujavu

7 Question
30 másodperce
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This word was coined as the name of hell's capital.


Impignorate

Pauciloquent

Pandemonium

8 Question
30 másodperce
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Which of the following originally referred to a specific numeral system?


Set

Algorithm

Pythagoras

9 Question
30 másodperce
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The word "Quarantine" literally means how many days?


40

66

103

10 Question
30 másodperce
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There's a word to describe the first person you see after leaving the house.


Webster

Crusades

Qualtagh

11 Question
30 másodperce
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A word with two opposite and seemingly contradictory meanings.


Bitale

Contronym

Mnesarchus

12 Question
30 másodperce
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___ is the most commonly used letter in the English language.


E

Z

T

13 Question
30 másodperce
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Which of the following element was named after goblins?


Lead

Helium

Cobalt

14 Question
30 másodperce
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There's a word for the plastic coating at the end of a shoelace.


Samos

Aglet

Servlet

15 Question
30 másodperce
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An infinity sign is called a _______.


Lemniscate

Valentine

Perspective