Test your Wolfean vocabulary skills. All the words appear in the Corpus.
Question | Match these answers | ||
1 | to turn, reel or prance | a | acarpus |
2 | biologically defective | b | adventitious |
3 | swollen or protuberant on one side | c | analeptic |
4 | sterile | d | apodictical |
5 | The right to use and enjoy the profits and advantages of something belonging to another as long as the property is not damaged or altered in any way. | e | assidictical |
6 | bombastic, pretentious talk | f | brachycephalic |
7 | nonchalance or lack of concern | g | caracole |
8 | trickery | h | casuistry |
9 | recklessly dangerous | i | chit |
10 | to be called or named | j | chouse |
11 | conspicuous for bad quality or taste | k | churlish |
12 | accidental | l | consilience |
13 | a snare | m | contumelious |
14 | strip off the skin | n | dolichocephalic |
15 | immature or childish | o | dysgenic |
16 | a person who has little wit or understanding | p | egregious |
17 | absolutely certain | q | excoriate |
18 | concurrence | r | flummery |
19 | stimulating or restorative | s | gibbosity |
20 | an empty compliment or foolish, deceptive language | t | gullery |
21 | diligence | u | insouciance |
22 | evade the truth by trivial objections | v | intrigante |
23 | foolish, idle talk | w | lamia |
24 | subtle reasoning intended to mislead | x | obreptitious |
25 | having a short, broad head | y | plerophory |
26 | insolently abusive | z | puerile |
27 | a cheat or swindler | aa | quibble |
28 | having a long head | bb | quixotic |
29 | a person likened to a child | cc | recondite |
30 | idealistic without regard to practicality | dd | rodomontade |
31 | not easily understood | ee | springe |
32 | vulgar | ff | subdolous |
33 | a female plotter | gg | subreption |
34 | fullness | hh | temerarious |
35 | sly, crafty, cunning | ii | twaddle |
36 | calculated misrepresentation through concealment of fact | jj | usufruct |
37 | a female vampire | kk | whitling |
38 | done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth | ll | yclept |