The Fever Dream Vocabulary quiz: 10 questions by Carlissa

Fever Dream by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child has many interesting words that I had to look up in the dictionary. How many do you know?

What is another word for scrofulous?

corrupt
infectious
decent
judicious

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What is a vlei?

a desert
a shallow lake
a small hill
a forest

What is desuetude?

a chaperone
tranquility
a noisy place
obsolete

What kind of animal is a hind?

a male rhinoceros
a female red deer
a rodent
a bird

What is a refectory?

a parson's house
a prism
a room where meals are served
an old expression

An amanuensis is a person who does what?

takes dictation
manual labor
cooks in a restaurant
plays a musical instrument

A confabulation is what?

a fire
a large group of people
a conversation
a concert

If you are the penultimate, where are you?

first in line
last in line
second in line
next to last in line

What is a spindrift?

person who spends a lot of money
windblown sea spray
a top
a cloud

What is ratiocination?

logic
ordure
a mathmatical equation
obfuscation

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