Word Quiz

H-A-S-T-Y

1. The term hasty is most-likely applied to a:
Cupid’s dart
horse-drawn cart
corn-meal mush
darkling thrush

2. Aroint(uh-ROINT) is a word Shakespeare used to mean:
pour on the oil
bring the pot to a boil
get out, begone
I’m coming, hang on

3. The salutatorian (suh-LOO-tuh-TORY-un) is literally the person who:
makes the most “A’s”
gives the school praise
says when to begin
welcomes folks in

4. Torquemada (TORK-uh-MOD-uh) was:
the Grand Inquisitor
a celestial visitor
a calibrated wrench
a Darwinian finch

5. Yclept (rhymes with he-slept), in older English, meant:
named
tamed
framed
lamed