Absurd Words 2nd Chance (no more 60%)

If you take your time, read the questions and answers carefully, ask your teacher clarifying questions, and go back to the slideshow to check word meanings, you should get a very good score on this quiz. When you show your family your score, they might just reward you with a celebratory...

• cataclysm

• gazebo

• jubilee

• kerfuffle

Which word can be used to describe someone who is very shy?

• milquetoast

• quirky

• wunderkind

• blasé

• globetrotter

Which of the following words is defined by the image?

• sashay

• tchotchke

• zenith

• zephyr

A gumshoe might be hired to discover ___________ activities.

• boisterous

• clandestine

• Lilliputian

• frou frou

All of the following are synonyms except for...

• squabble

• fisticuffs

• jamboree

• brannigan

Mr. Stewart likes to spend his time thinking up sinister plans for tormenting his students. Another word for these schemes would be...

• doodad

• machinations

• pedagogue

• maestro

Three of these are related. One is not. Select the three that go together.

• guru

• maestro

• clodhopper

• pedagogue

Which of these words has to do with feelings of happiness and joy?

• felicity

• candelabra

• gonzo

• ballistic

When he asked kids why they didn't read, Mr. Stewart heard the excuse, "I forgot," so often it was practically a...

• glitch

• bonanza

• blitzkrieg

• cliché

Which word means to trick or fool someone?

• heebeejeebies

• bamboozle

• hallucinate

• quixotic