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This quiz is for Jane Mallison, friend and co-author with David Hatcher of two vocabulary books and a spelling dictionary. Stay tuned for more information about the books.

Jane M

1. A jocular (JOCK-you-lur) person is:
   athletic
   humorous
   near-sighted
   studious

2. Animosity (anna-MOSSA-tee) means:
   love for our fellow creatures
   ill will, dislike
   wildness, state of being untamed
   a huge quantity of something

3. A nostrum (NOS-trum) is a kind of:
   string-instrument solo
   problem with the nose
   speaker’s platform
   medicine of doubtful quality

4. Eugenics (you-JEN-iks) most likely involves:
   selective breeding
   pleasure reading
   hydraulic pumps
   skips and jumps

5. The word magus (MAY-gus) would most likely refer to:
   a spinning gyroscope
   a blooming heliotrope
   someone really smart
   a classic work of art

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