Nonsense Words
Students, please stop lodining and listen to me! Class has begun! What does lodining mean?
A. talking
B. eating
C. sleeping
A. talking
The aroma of garlic is unmistakable. It's scent can be detected for days. What does aroma mean?
A. taste
B. scent
C. sight
B. scent
That isn't real. It's fake! What does fake mean?
A. not old
B. not real
C. not slow
B. not real
The flowers of dandelions are edible or able to be eaten. What does edible mean?
A. able to be smelled
B. able to be eaten
C. able to be touched
B. able to be eaten
Peter has so many friends because he is a delupote person. What does delupote mean?
A. angry and mean
B. outgoing and friendly
C. sad and tired
B. outgoing and friendly
I despise traffic jams and hate it when my ride to work is delayed. What does despise mean?
A. hate
B. love
C. smell
A. hate
The boxes weren't exactly heavy, just cumbersome, unlike the easy to carry bags with handles. What does cumbersome mean?
A. difficult to eat
B. difficult to walk on
C. difficult to handle
C. difficult to handle
People were told not to eat the tainted fish. Eating fish with a disease can be very dangerous to your health. What does tainted mean?
A. delicious and tasty
B. red and shiny
C. harmful and contaminated
C. harmful and contaminated
I can't believe it! Right in the middle of our conversation, Joe turned around foridly, and walked out of the room! What does foridly mean?
A. slowly
B. sleepily
C. suddenly
C. suddenly
Planted in late fall, growth of the bulbs is stimulated. They were encouraged to grow. What does stimulated mean?
A. hurt
B. ran
C. encouraged
C. encouraged
If you water them regularly, you will have an abundant amount of daffodils in the spring. If you do not water them, only a few will grow. What does abundant mean?
A. many
B. few
C. small
A. many
The line for the new movie seemed infinite as if it would go on forever. What does infinite mean?
A. never ending
B. very short
C. old and boring
A. never ending
The tiger's plander could be heard in villages far away. What is plander?
A. roar
B. smell
C. breath
A. roar; sound a tiger makes
Many people now feel that typewriters are archaic, or old-fashioned. What does archaic mean?
A. brand new
B. very old
C. for sale
B. very old
Rather than repress your feelings, you should let them out. Doing so will reduce your stress. What does repress mean?
A. let go
B. throw away
C. hold in
C. hold in
The amount of money we collected for our charity surpassed, or exceeded, what he had expected. What does surpassed mean?
A. fell short and was very low
B. exceeded and went above or beyond
C. destroyed or fell apart
B. exceeded and went above or beyond
The snake ligersed through the grass. It was hunting. What does ligersed mean?
A. flew
B. swam
C. slithered
C. slithered
The thought of eating a rat is awful, or horrible, to most people. What does awful mean?
A. horrible
B. tasty
C. sleepy
A. horrible
Loud noise and poor lighting are not conducive to learning? What does conducive mean?
A. to be bad for
B. to be good for
C. to be too small
B. to be good for
The start time for classes is rigid, so they are unable to change. What does rigid mean?
A. flexible
B. soon
C. unable to change
C. unable to change