Verb Quiz

Put on your gab-a-lorious thinking caps, girls …

Because it’s time for another wonderful word matching quiz!

WooHoo!!!

(I heard you whooping for joy.)

This week, I pulled a slew of wacky verbs from my trove of terminology and would love to know how many of them you can match to their definitions.

I’ll give you a word and its pronunciation, then I’ll list three definitions—only one choice is correct. Write down your answers as you go, then check them at the end.

QUIZ:

1. Honeyfuggle (HUN-ee-fuh-guhl):

A. To deceive or swindle, especially by flattery

B. To wink

C. To distract by means of confusion

 

2. Lallygag (LAL-ee-gag, LAH-lee-gag):

A. To herd geese

B. To sneeze

C. To fool around, waste time, or spend time lazily

 

3. Hornswoggle (HAWRN-swog-uhl):

A. To charm one into doing things your way

B. To laugh with gusto

C. To bamboozle, trick, hoodwink, or hoax

 

4. Nictitate (NIK-ti-teyt):

A. To wink

B. To chew

C. To smoke

 

5. Blandish (BLAN-dish):

A. To wield a sword

B. To coax with flattery

C. To cover one’s face with a kerchief

 

6. Bombilate (BOM-bi-layt):

A. To make a humming or buzzing noise

B. To guess

C. To overwhelm with kindness

 

7. Gam (Gam):

A. To kick one’s leg

B. To spend time talking

C. To chew with one’s mouth open

 

8. Agglutinate (uh-GLOOT-n-ayt):

A. To become gluten tolerant

B. To describe something thoroughly

C. To join or become joined as if by glue

 

All done?

Pretty confident?

If so—if you’re sure you know—then go ahead and check your answers …

ANSWERS:

A

C

C

A

B

A

B

C

How’d ya do?