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Friday, July 03, 2009

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Meanings. Test your knowledge of the English language by trying to answer these questions about the meanings of words. Answers here.

1. Which part of an egg is known as the "albumen"?
2. What is halitosis?
3. What is a plagiarist?
4. What is the meaning of "matricide"?
5. What is agoraphobia?
6. An isotherm is a line on a map connecting places that have the same...what?
7. What is a xenophobe?
8. What is an encomium?
9. What is a chanterelle?
10. What is the simoom?

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