Word Quiz

MERRY

1. Mistletoe (MISSEL-toe) is a kind of:
plenty painful foot disease
parasite that grows in trees
children’s game that’s played with dice
fog so cold it’s turned to ice

2. You’d most likely find a eustachian tube (you-STAY-she-un or you-STAKY-un):
in old-model TV’s
in fermenting cheese
on the head of a deer
inside your ear

3. A rapacious (ruh-PAY-shus) person is given to:
predatory plundering
clumsy bungling
ad-libbing fast songs
wearing fur thongs

4. Rufous (ROO-fus) means:
hunting in packs
regretting past acts
not worthy of trust
colored like rust

5. The term yokel (YO-kul) would most likely be applied to:
a halloween pumpkin
a country bumpkin
a cart-pulling ox
an egg fixed with lox