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1.A woman who is unable to have children is:
A)Unbearable..B)Inconceivable..C)Impregnable..D)Infertile

2.A person who is unable to talk is:
A)Unspeakable..B)Unsound..C)Mutant..D)Mute...E)Speechless

3.A person with no skin pigmentation is:
A)Colourless..B)Albino..C)A pigment of the imagination

4.A person who dies without a will is said to have died:
A)Unwillingly..B)Willy-nilly..C)Intestate

5.A person who can't tell the time is:
A)Anticlockwise..B)Untimely..C)Timeless

6.A mistake on your tax return form is a:
A)Syntax error..B)Taxonomy..C)Tax cheat

7.A skunk that no longer has a bad smell is
A)Extinct..B)Distinct..C)Indistinct..D)Odorless

8.A hot-air balloon is also called a:
A)Windbag..B)Gastronome..C)Airlift..D)Dirigible

9.A person who sets goals and accomplishes them is:
A)A goalkeeper..B)A goalie..C)Mongolian..D)Successful

10.A fire that has been put out is:
A)Extinguished..B)Distinguished..C)Indistinguished..D)An old flame

11.A river that doesn't contain enough fish is:
A)Deficient..B)Insufficient..C)Oafish

12.A bird without feathers is said to be:
A)Nom de plume..B)Unfettered..C)Bald..

13.Mail delivered too late is said to be delivered:
A)Post-haste..B)Post-mortem..C)Posthumously..

14.Rated 'R' films are said to be:
A)Adulterated..B)Overrated..C)Underrated

15.The catching of female chickens is called:
A)Apprehension..B)Comprehension..C)A hen party


16.A baby pig is called a:
A)Hamster..B)Hamlet..C)Piglet..D)Epigram

17.A person hanged twice for the same crime is:
A)A hangover..B)A hangup..C)Well-hung

18.A baby growing new teeth is said to be:
A)Indented..B)Unprecedented..C)Newfangled..D)Teething

19.A bat that keeps crashing into trees is a:
A)Dingbat..B)Numbat..C)Wombat

20.A group of people without a leader is:
A)Unleaded..B)Headless..C)Autonomous

21.Bats keep fit by practicing:
A)Acrobatics..B)Aerobatics..C)Combat..D)Battery

22.A failure to conceive a child is a:
A)Misconception..B)Contraception..C)Pre-conceived notion

23.The strength of a medicine is its:
A)Potential..B)Potency..C)Impotency..D)Potentate

24.High-calorie foods are said to be:
A)Infatuating..B)Fattening..C)Fatuous

25.Metal melted at high temperatures is:
A)Liquidated..B)Molten..C)Moulted

26.Hot lava comes out of a:
A)Lavatory..B)Lava lamp..C)Volcano

27.Parachutists are said to be:
A)Down-to-earth..B)Condescending..C)Downcast..D)Descendants

28.A very skinny boxer is in the weight range called:
A)Featherweight..B)Paperweight..C)Atomic weight

29.The study of meteors is called:
A)Meteorology..B)Gastronomy..C)Astronomy

30.The force that stops us floating into outer space is:
A)Brevity..B)Gravity..C)Depravity


31.A noisy disagreement between two people is called an:
A)Alteration..B)Altercation..C)Alternation

32.Paradise is said to be:
A)Ideal..B)Idyllic..C)Idle

33.Swimming pools often contain:
A)Chloroform..B)Chlorophyll..C)Chloride..D)Chlorine

34.A weasel-like animal is a:
A)Martyr..B)Marten..C)Martinet

35.The greatest amount possible is the:
A)Maxim..B)Maximillian..C)Maximum

36.To take one substance or object from another is to:
A)Extricate..B)Extrude..C)Extract

37.A sight that is unpleasant to look at is an:
A)Eyewash..B)Eyesore..C)Eye-opener..D)Eyeful

38.A lie is also known as a:
A)Falsification..B)Falsetto..C)Falsehood

39.A prominent person in fashionable society is a:
A)Socialist..B)Socialite..C)Sociologist

40.The use of a radio psychologist is called:
A)Radioactivity..B)Radiotherapy..C)Radiology

41.A defensive wall or bank of earth is a:
A)Ramrod..B)Ramekin..C)Rampart

42.A hard nut to crack is a:
A)Macadam..B)Macabre..C)Macadamia

43.An object emitting light without heat is:
A)Luminous..B)Luminescent..C)Illuminated

44.A person not intellectually cultured is:
A)Low-down..B)Low-brow..C)Low-key

45.Powdered milk for infants is specially:
A)Formatted..B)Formulated..C)Fornicated


46.The gas forming 75% of the air we breathe is:
A)Nitrous oxide..B)Nitro-glycerin..C)Nitrogen

47.A great variety of anything is a:
A)Multiplication..B)Multiplicity..C)Multitude

48.A large edible crustacean is a:
A)Mudlark..B)Mudguard..C)Mudskipper..D)Mudcrab

49.A black-and-white photo is a:
A)Monotone..B)Monograph..C)Monochrome

50.Marriage to one person only is:
A)Monotony..B)Monogamy..C)Monopoly..D)Mahogany

51.A man with several wives (legally) is a:
A)Polyglot..B)Polythene..C)Polygamist

52.A person aged in their seventies is a:
A)Septum..B)Septet..C)Septuagint..D)Septuagenarian

53.A high-ranking angel is a:
A)Seraph..B)Seriatim..C)Seraglio

54.The boss on a construction site is called a:
A)Hammerhead..B)Foreman..C)Homemaker

55.The total cost of building a home is called the:
A)Home truth..B)Home run..C)Wholesale price

56.Money inherited from a deceased person is a:
A)Dead giveaway..B)Inheritance..C)Willingness

57.Coffee that hasn't been ground enough is:
A)Underground..B)Coarse..C)Groundless

58.A person who forgets to return library books is:
A)A bookkeeper..B)Fully booked..C)Forgetful..D)A bookie

59.An eye doctor is called a:
A)Optometrist..B)Optimist..C)Opthamologist

60.A person who eats human flesh is called a:
A)Humanitarian..B)Cannibal..C)Manhunter

61.A person suffering from too much gas is:
A) Gaseous..B)Flabbergasted..C)Flatulent..D)Aghast

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