Post Quiz: More Weird Words

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Post Quiz: More Weird Words

Build your vocabulary to truly monstrous proportions by adding these words to your repertoire. Use them to fill in the blanks of these illustrative sentences.

  1. Madame Lasagna was arrested for practicing ________________ without a licence. The police confiscated all her mirrors.
  2. The priest sprinkled holy water on the crowd from his _______________. The vampire yelled, 'Ouch!'
  3. Amazon Prime has developed an ______________ index to find out how much people like buying things.
  4. The island's 'Beautiful Donkey' competition was bad enough, but when they put up a statue to the Golden Ass, the local clergy complained about this growing ___________.
  5. '__________ is wild!' announced the sesquipedalian poker player, and all the rest of them groaned. 'Why can't you say jokers like a normal person?' they complained.
  6. 'I must away to the __________!' announced the farmhand, who was proud of his diploma from the agricultural college. The cows were unimpressed. 'Milk us, already.'
  7. 'My dear, the sun is very bright today. Would you ____________ me with this suntan cream?'
  8. The labour relations expert frowned at the company's figures. 'You really have to do something about the high level of _______________ in your office. Nobody wants to leave on time, or call in sick. What's causing this?' 'We think it's the free mocha lattes,' replied the executive.
  9. 'George, you're driving too fast!' his wife cautioned as he breezed past the sign that said 'Speed Limit 7 mph.'

    'I'm doing 8, Hortense,' he replied. 'If I go any slower, this old engine will stall.'

    'You just don't want them to think you're a _______________,' she worried.
  10. 'Henry, where are you? I said meet me at the pasta restaurant!'

    'Sorry, I'm in a black hole. I thought you said you were in the mood for some _________________.'
  • onolatry
  • scofflaw
  • lactarium
  • spaghettification
  • catoptromancy
  • mistigris
  • inunct
  • presenteeism
  • emacity
  • aspergillum

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