Word Quiz

Act Five

1. Actuarial (ack-choo-ERRY-ul) activity is most-closely associated with:
watching skies
telling lies
increasing endurance
pricing insurance

2. To refract (re-FRACT) means to:
break into pieces
iron out the creases
bend
mend

3. Which of these would be closest to the literal translation of pterodactyl (terro-DAK-tul)?
bird of leather
without feather
grotesque thing
finger wing

4. An autodidact (auto-DYE-dact) is:
self-taught
overwrought
a car collector
a food inspector

5. To redact (ree-DACT) is to:
edit
credit
repeat an act
deny a fact