TEACHING TO THE TEST
Driving test prep:
These should not be on within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle
high beams (brights)
In French, to sell a half-duck once meant "to fool someone"; now this French word for duck is an English word meaning "hoax"
Canard
This! at the Disco is enjoyable; this as an attack with a racing heart & sweating as symptoms, very much not so
Panic
The zygomatic bones are more commonly known as these; Katharine Hepburn had great ones
cheekbones
A flower of romance & to fail to achieve victory
rose & lose
This type of 3-letter key uses radio frequency identification technology to unlock a room or a car
fob
For the citizenship test:
This pair limits the power of each branch of govt.; John Adams said we will "learn to prize" them
checks & balances
It's a young bird that's just grown feathers, or an inexperienced person, typically without feathers
a fledgling
This suffix is from the Greek for "fearing"
phobia
In children, the 3 parts of this breastbone are connected by cartilage that will ossify in adulthood
the sternum
The business end of a firearm & an angry disagreement between 2 parties
barrel & quarrel
The Ceremony of the Keys is a nightly occurrence at this fortress; it's kept the Crown Jewels safe for hundreds of years
the Tower of London
To pass the exam to be a veterinarian in most of the U.S., better know what to do if an African gray one of these has seizures
a parrot
In Greek myth this word referred to a bird that nested on calm seas; now it describes something happy or calm, like certain days of yore
a halcyon
It's the "chilly" 2-word title of a story collection about women with second thoughts about getting married
Cold Feet
It's your shinbone
the tibia
The prevailing weather in a region & a lemur, for example
climate & primate
"Major Key Alert" is "anotha one" of the catchphrases from this DJ.
DJ Khaled
A bar exam may ask about this 2-word doctrine allowing police to chase a fleeing suspect into a home without a warrant
the hot pursuit doctrine
As a noun, it's a bird known for its song; as a verb, it means to race playfully up & down a ship's rigging
to skylark
"The consternation... the consternation" not as great; good for "Apocalypse Now" for going with this synonym
the horror
The bones of the forearm are the radius & this, the larger of the pair
the ulna
A sudden torrent & a group of birds hatched around the same time
flood & brood
Each July, a Hemingway lookalike contest is held at Sloppy Joe's Bar in this Florida city
Key West
These exams date to 19th c. reforms; N.Y.'s ask about smoke detectors on the firefighter one, jobless clients on the caseworker one
civil service exams
A nod to the bird's squawking & showy plumage, this word that once referred to a parrot now refers to an arrogant dandy
a popinjay
This 6-letter verb means to trill with your voice, or to tremble with fear
to quaver
Your spinal column is topped by 7 of these vertebrae, from Latin for "neck"
cervical
A room such as milady's & to heave oneself up awkwardly
chamber & clamber
For inventing public key cryptography, Martin E. Hellman was given the communications award named for this Italian inventor
Marconi