Tag: flora

  • A Word to the Wise

    See question four. Water crow …
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    Today’s questions are all about words and their meanings.


    One

    What is the meaning of the adjective glabrescent?

    • Hairless
    • Raucous
    • Shrinking

    Two

    What does the name of the dinosaur Falcarius mean?

    • Ground scraper
    • Sickle cutter
    • Wood driller

    Three

    Spectrophobia, catoptrophobia and eisoptrophobia can all relate to what household item?

    • Kettle
    • Linoleum
    • Mirror

    Four

    What word can be added to crow to complete this plants name: crow …?

    • Foot
    • Quill
    • Steps

    Five

    Which of these words means the 1938 annexation of Austria by Hitler’s Nazi Germany?

    • Anschluss
    • Rindereintopf
    • Schlafwandeln

    Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.