LandaBooks Header


Word Quiz

If you'd like to receive the LandaBooks Word Quiz as a free newsletter, sign up here. And be sure to add us to your “friends” list.

Of MICES and Mens

1. Malthusian (mal-THOOZY-un) is a term you would most likely hear in a discussion about:
   a really greedy, needy guy
   population and food supply
   volcanic eruption
   vacuums and suction

2. The word intestate (in-TESS-tate) is associated with:
   traffic controllers
   wealthy high-rollers
   inheritance and wills
   fevers and chills

3. A creche (kresh) most likely includes:
   a soup tureen
   a stable scene
   a bagpipe band
   a bag of sand

4. The term estrus (ESS-truss) is related to:
   a holiday in springs
   a high part to sing
   meager rations
   intense passions

5. Solidus (SOLID-us) is another word for:
   a solar eclipse
   two double back-flips
   a slash mark
   a water park

Check your answers

If the bells and whistles don't work, click here

Reset the quiz

Feel free to use this word quiz for any not-for-profit purpose. Just give us credit (and mention our web page, if you can). For any other uses, contact us for permission.

We'd be happy for you to forward it to your friends.

© 2010 David Hatcher and Lane Goddard


2010 © Copyright LandaBooks. All rights reserved. Read our Legal, Privacy, and Shipping and Returns Policies.