Word Power 1

1. An anagram of this word makes another word that is a unit of measurement – “zoned”. Which is the word?

Dozen

2. “Hasten slowly” is an example of a/an:

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Oxymoron

Anagram

3. Fill in the blank with the word that has the same meaning as the definitions on either side but is pronounced differently in each case.
Close in friendship: ________: To make known

Intimate

4. What is the singular of braces when used in the orthodontic sense?

Bracket

Brace

Denture

Braces

5. Form a seven letter word without any vowels

Rhythms

6. What or who is an, ‘octothorpe’?

An Octane Furnace

An Octopus Researcher

The symbol: #

The Egyptian month of October

7. Which famous word game was invented in the 1930s by an unemployed architect named Alfred Butts?

Pictionary

Scrabble

Crosswords

Jumble

8. What is an epopoeist?

A type of coral called sea-mats

A poet who writes epic poems

A medical drink made from aromatic herbs

An ornamental casting for a window or doorway

9. What is a zugzwang?

An African animal which lives on insects

A Hungarian dance in waltz time

An obligation to move in the game of Chess

Traffic which moves in a zigzag fashion

10. Choose the odd one out:

Electrons, Criminal, Battery, Credit Card, Cash

Cash (All the others can be charged)