Academic Lingo
Word Wizardry
Subject Scramble
Puzzle Station
Wild Wordplay
100

Latin phrase meaning “and other things.”

etcetera

100

A word that sounds the same but has a different meaning and spelling.

homophone

100

Unscramble: GOGRAPHYE

geography

100

You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?

Letter 'E'

100

Cold → Cord → Word → Ward → ___

warm

200

A synonym for “thesis.”

dissertation

200

Rearranged, “listen” becomes this word.

silent

200

Unscramble : NIECSDME

SCIENCE

200

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

Echo

300

Term for consistent measurement in tests.

reliability


300

A person who loves words.

logophile

300

Unscramble :RTA

ART

300

What comes next: 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 4, ___?

5

400

The practice of giving credit to original sources in academic writing

citation

400

A word or phrase that reads the same forward and backward.

palindrome

400

Unscramble: ORYTSHI

HISTORY

400

A man is pushing his car. He stops at a hotel and immediately knows he's bankrupt. What game is he playing?

MONOPOLY


500

This is the term for a summary of a scholarly article.

abstract

500

Unscramble: REPTUREERN

ENTERPRENEUR 

500

81, 27, 9, 3, ___?

1 (Divide by 3)

M
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