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Study List One Bee

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This word is a noun that means "the fact or condition of being present". Origin: None given. "First used in the 14th century. The orchestra's musical director has a very stately (\ ˈpre-zᵊn(t)s)."

a)

presents

b)

presints

c)

presence

d)

presance

2.

This word is a noun that means: any of various usually black or red edible berries. Origin: English "He ate one ( \ ˈraz-ˌber-ē , -b(ə-)rē) off the bush and had an allergic reaction."

a)

rasberry

b)

razberry

c)

raspberry

d)

raszberry

3.

This word is a noun that means: the person who conducts the study of primates other than recent humans. Origin: None given. First used in 1926. "The 85-year-old English (ˌprī-​mə-​ˈtä-​lə-​jist) has revolutionized the entire field of the study of primates.

a)

primatologist

b)

primotologist

c)

primatalogist

d)

prematologist

4.

The word is a noun that means: a unit of frequency equal to one million hertz. Origin: None given. First known use is in 1941. "In July 2018, an FRB that hit Earth was nearly 200 (\ ˈme-gə-ˌhərts , -ˌherts) lower than any other radio burst ever detected."

a)

megahartz

b)

megahertz

c)

magahertz

d)

magaherts

5.

This word is a noun that means: a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased. Origin: French. "We like to go out to eat at a (ˈre-stə-ˌränt , -stränt also -st(ə-)rənt, -stərnt).

a)

restaraunt

b)

ristorent

c)

resterant

d)

restaurant

6.

This word is a adjective that means: having a ready insight into and understanding of things. Origin: Latin. "It offers quite a few facts to the (ˌpər-spə-ˈkā-shəs) reporter."

a)

perspicacious

b)

perspucatious

c)

purspicatious

d)

purspicacious

7.

This word is a noun that means: A rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, or oysters and seasoned with herbs. Origin: Louisiana French. " The dining establishment is famous for its delicious (ˌjəm-bə-ˈlī-ə).

a)

jumbulaya

b)

gembulaya

c)

jimbulaya

d)

jambalaya

8.

This word is a noun and it means: physical beauty. Origin: Late middle English from Latin. " Everyone was attracted to her irresistible ( ˈpəl-krə-ˌtüd , -ˌtyüd).

a)

pelkretude

b)

pulcritude

c)

pulchritude

d)

pullcritude

9.

This word is a noun that means: a mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water and often uniting with a stalactite. Origin: New Latin from Greek. The (stə-ˈlag-ˌmīt also ˈsta-ləg-) hung from the cave of the great bear.

a)

stalagmite

b)

stalaghmite

c)

stalamite

d)

staulagmite

10.

Choose the word that is spelled correctly.

a)

quattrochento: kwä-trō-ˈchen-(ˌ)tō(noun, Italian): the 15th century as a period of Italian art or architecture.

b)

aerophilatelac: ¦er-ō-ˌfi-lə-¦te-lik (adjective, First used in 1953): of or relating to airmail stamps and flown covers

c)

jaccaranda: ja-kə-ˈran-də (noun, New Latin) any of a genus (Jacaranda) of tropical American trees of the bignonia family with bipinnate leaves and panicles of showy usually blue flowers

d)

vaccary:ˈvakərē (noun, middle English from Latin) a place where cows or cattle are kept : cow pasture : dairy farm

11.

This word is a noun and it means: a flower or bouquet worn in a buttonhole. Origin: Middle French. "The young woman pinned the roseˌ(bü-tə-ˈnir , ˌbü-tən-ˈyer) on her date's lapel.

a)

bootenear

b)

boutenere

c)

boutenyear

d)

boutonniere

12.

This word is a noun that means: the tan to dark brown spice that is prepared from cinnamon bark by powdering and has a somewhat sweet and spicy taste. Origin: Middle English from Latin. "Sweet-tart apples are diced fine and coated in (ˈsi-nə-mən) before being mixed into a simple cake batter.

a)

synonym

b)

sinnaman

c)

cinnamon

d)

cinamon

13.

This word is a noun that means: a cone-shaped stack of cream puffs coated with caramelized sugar. Origin: French.

'A section of a towering (kräkəmˈbo͞oSH), cream puffs filled with custard and lassoed together with sugar, was humble and satisfying. '

a)

croquembouche

b)

krakembush

c)

krakembucsh

d)

craquemboosh

14.

This word is a noun that means: a hard, fine-grained, sonorous, nonporous, and usually translucent and white ceramic ware that consists essentially of kaolin, quartz, and a feldspathic rock and is fired at a high temperature. Origin: French. Ms. Kaminski has a collection of (ˈpȯr-s(ə-)lən) dolls that she displays at Christmas.

a)

porselan

b)

porcelen

c)

porcelain

d)

porselin

15.

This word is a noun that means: hubbub, uproar. Origin: French. A (ˈbrü-ˌhä-ˌhä , ˌbrü-ˌhä-ˈhä, brü-ˈhä-ˌhä) erupted over her statements

a)

broohaha

b)

bruhaha

c)

brewhaha

d)

brouhaha