Dictionary Skills TRYOUT UIL

Who is credited as being the first person to grow sideburns?

• Clarence Seward Darrow

• Louis Henri Sullivan

• Ambrose Everett Burnside

• James Russell Lowell

Which of the following planets is approximately 9.54 astronomical units away from the sun?

• Earth

• Mars

• Uranus

• Saturn

What is the adjective form of the word "rickettsia"?

• Rickettsial

• Rickettsiatic

• Rickettsioid

• Rickettsiaceous

Of the following people, who is remembered as a Nobel Prize winner?

• Richard Wagner

• Maria Mitchell

• Theodore Dreiser

• Barbara McClintock

What is the Roman numeral notation for 464?

• DCLXVI

• CCCLXX

• CDLXXIX

• CDLXIV

Which of the following words does NOT have an alternate spelling?

• amok

• glamour

• flyer

• mortar

3.888 grams is approximately equal to one:

• dram

• gill

• grain

• scruple

What is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet?

• omicron

• tau

• upsilon

• sigma

Which of the following is a fruit?

• jerboa

• remora

• gherkin

• amoeba

What is the main function of sideburns?

• To keep the face warm

• To show social status

• To protect against sunburn

• To enhance hearing