Twelve Words for a Thinker’s Vocabulary #7

Many of the words I chose are from The Thinker’s Thesaurus by Peter E. Meltzer.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. ~ Pslam 111:10 (NIV)

1. apothegm – a) saying; b) growth on throat;  c) respiratory condition; d) architectural detail
2. codswallop – a) British fish and chips; b) backhand; c) nonsense; d) swallow whole
3. deflagration – a) slander; b) explosion; c) mass migration; d) corporal punishment
4. harpocracy – a) berating; b) silence c) glad-handing; d) fear of harps
5. keelhaul – a) rebuke; b) drill a doorknob hole; c) climb aboard; d) shuck shellfish
6. mobocracy – a) agility; b) political control by a mob;) of robotic limbs; d) type of poem
7. neoteric – a) lighthearted; b) self-centered; c) genius; d) recent
8. ostreal – a) of or relating to oysters; b) night sky; c) of or relating to ostriches; d) unfathonable
9. pleonasm – a) stinginess; b) type of political lobby; c) legal pleadings; d) redundancy
10. rataplan – a) caste system; b) zuchini and tomatoe sidedish; c) repeating noise; d) type of roof shingle
11. smellfungas – a) wine taster; b) faultfinder; c) mushroom tester; d) person with huge nose
12. ulracrepidarian – a) presumptuous; b) liberal; c) delusional; d) unkempt

Have you chosen the correct definition? Can you use the words in a sentence? Scroll down to see how you did.

1. a) saying
2. c) nonsense
3. b) explosion
4. b) silence
5. a) rebuke
6. b) political control by a mob
7. d) recent
8. a) of or relating to oysters
9. d) redundancy
10. c) repeating noise
11. b) faultfinder
12. a) presumptuous

Jumping for joy over your score?

10-12  So, I see you enjoy being an introvert and book worm.

07-09  People only pretend to know what you’re talking about.

04-06  You might not want to try out for Jeopardy.

00-03  If I were you, I’d stick with Word Search puzzles.