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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Three letter words ending in 'ig'

BRIEFING
Three letter words ending in 'ig' are quite commonly used words.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on three letter words ending in 'ig'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 091 to 100, selecting appropriate words from the Choice Box, noting your answers on a piece of paper.

If you feel necessary, you can compare your answers with the key, but there is no compulsion that your answers should agree with the key. Click.

CHOICE BOX
THREE LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'ig'
big
cig
dig
fig
gig
jig
mig
pig
rig
vig
wig
zig


091. He who seeks vengeance must _ig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself. [A Chinese proverb]


092. Being human is a complicated _ig. [Nietzsche].


093. He hates those who _ig the scales in their favour to profit, but loves those who deal honestly with others. [Proverbs 20:10].


094. Pass _ig is a fun dice game, now played on computers.


095. Fishing _igs are available both for mid-depth fishing and bottom-fishing.


096. The American Actress Raquel Welch has fair success with her signature _ig collection .


097. _ig is the difference between what is wagered and what is won, in gambling. This is also called juice.


098. The first plant to be cited in Bible is the '_ig' tree.


099. Have a _ig?" he said as he sat down on the edge of an arm-chair, dangling his little boot.


100. Is there any management expert who does not boast that he thought '_ig'. This type of pep talk has become a cliche. .

Friday, May 30, 2008

Adjectives describing 'fingers'

BRIEF NOTE
Fingers are important in describing the middle body of a person because they are the most visible unless hidden in gloves. Even when people wear full-sleeved shirts or coats, their fingers are not covered. Since fingers are displayable and exhibitable it has become a global custom to present fingers more attractively by wearing finger rings etc.

Fingers can be used as indicators or demonstrators.

Fingers may be display a nervous state of a character or a person. It is, therefore, worth to study adjective phrases which describe fringers.

Here is a Multiple Choice Test based on "adjectival phrases which describe 'fingers' ".

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 061 to 070, selecting appropriate/suitable phrases from the Choice Box, noting down your answers on a piece of paper.

Thereafter, if you feel a need, compare your answers with the key:
Click.

Your answers need not agree with the key. Choice of words and phrases is always an individual's prerogative.

CHOICE BOX
Adjectival phrases describing 'fingers'
Astute fingers
Clubbed fingers
Crossed fingers
Deft fingers
Blistered fingers
Clubbed fingers
Fidgety fingers
Nimble fingers
Numb fingers
Stained fingers
Sticky fingers
Swollen fingers
Tiny fingers
Trembling fingers
Wrinkled fingers


061. Can ______ fingers resulting from eating oily stuffs mislead biometric fingerprint readers?.


062. _________ fingers and _______ fingers may result while practising Guitar intensively.


063. ______ fingers are essential for efficient embroidering, playing Guitar and violin or typing.


064. A child displays its unconditional love and trust through its ten very ____ fingers and ten very tiny toes.


065. Guitar players rule their empires with their ____ fingers.


066. With _________ fingers we cannot catch a snake.


067. Writers need not display their ink _______ fingers to show their proficiency.


068. Restless _______ fingers are a sign of uncontrolled nervousness in job interviews.


069. Raynaud's phenomenon, which is an indication of low blood flow to affected parts, may lead to ____ fingers.


070. Many people feel that showing a gesture of '_______ fingers' can ward off evil spirits and witches.

Adjectives describing 'shoulders'

BRIEF NOTE
Shoulders relect physique of individuals. Weak or narrow shoulders can reflect frail health and can affect the cosmetic appearance of a person. Sometimes, shoulders freeze and movements become stiff and awkward.

Here is a multiplce choice vocabulary test based on adjective phrases which describe 'shoulders'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 101 to 110, selecting suitable phrases from the Choice box, noting down your answers on a slip.

If you consider necessary, you can compare your answers to the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key. Choice of words or phrases is a freedom of individuals. Only the italicized phrases have been used in the key.

CHOICE BOX
ADJECTIVAL PHRASES DESCRIBING 'SHOULDERS'
Angular shoulders
Bare shoulders
Broad shoulders
Deformed shoulder
Dusty and bloody shoulders
1 Frozen shoulders
2 Heaving shoulders
Heavy shoulders
3 High shoulders
Little shoulders
Low shoulders
Massive shoulders
Mighty shoulders
4 Narrow shoulders
5 Plump shoulders
Round shoulders
Serried shoulders
6 Shining shoulder
Shoved shoulders
7 Slanted shoulders
Square shoulders
Stiff shoulders
8 Stooped shoulders
9 Stripped shoulders
Stript shoulders (variant of stripped shoulders, used by William Wordsworth and Charles Lamb)
Strong shoulders
10 Thin shoulders


101. So shows the ring
Seen from behind round a conjurer
Doing his pitch in the street.
____ shoulders, low shoulders, broad shoulders, narrow ones,
Round, square, and angular, serry and shove;
While from within a voice,
Gravely and weightily fluent,
Sounds; and then ceases; and suddenly
(Look at the stress of the shoulders!)
Out of a quiver of silence, [William Ernest Henley in his poem 'Clinical'].


102. ______ shoulders are nothing but stiff shoulders.


103. Then the light shone clear again and he saw the broken, twisted nose; and the eyes that stared obstinately from their split lids; and the gaping, grinning mouth that, years ago, the torturers had cut wide upon each seared and tattooed cheek; and the swollen, split lips that could not hide where once had been a tongue. He passed his hand along the shroud and lightly touched the ugly hump where the spine had been pressed and snapped, and the _______ shoulders and the twisted hips and legs. [EDWIN PARTRIDGE LEHMAN JULIAN PARK in 'Anthology of William's College'].


104. When she got into the mist she shivered a little, and drew her thin shawl tighter about her ____ shoulders, and, with one of the choruses still ringing in her ears, she walked in the direction of the Strand. [George Moore in his novel 'A Mummer's wife'].


105. The pictorial evidence of her ________ shoulders and upper body prove her anorexial tendencies.


106. For again thy naked feet I see,
And thy sweet sleek arms so kind to me.
Through thy rent kirtle once again
Thy _______ shoulder showeth plain.
[William Morris in his poem 'Poems By the way'].


107. Here the shadow slid along and up the wall; peering around the edge of the door, Pendleton saw a man with massive, _______ shoulders and a great square head, covered with thick, iron-gray hair; and instantly he recognized him as the man whom they had seen that night in the doorway of Locke's workshop. John T. McIntyre in his novel [Ashton-Kirk, Investigator].


108. "Oh, you poor soul!" cried the girl, hovering over Mrs. Morton, and
putting an arm across her broad, _____ shoulders. "Don't cry--don't, don't cry! I'm _sure_ the girls will come back. They are foolish to run away; but surely they will be glad to get back to their dear, dear homes." {Annie Roe Carr in 'Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays'].


109. Irish glanced that way and caught them grinning; caught them pointing derisively, with _______ shoulders. He swore a great oath and made for them, calling aloud that he would knock those grins so far in that they would presently find themselves smiling wrong-side-out from the back of their heads.
[B. M. Bower in his novel 'Flying U Ranch'].


110. Evelina, without seeming to notice the gesture, threw back the
jacket from her ______ shoulders. [Edith Wharton in his novel 'Bunner Sisters'].

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Three letter words ending in 'ar'

BRIEF NOTE
The greatest merit of three letter words is, they are easy to write, pronounce and spell. The scope for coining of large number of three letter words is limited as permutations and combinations are not very large in number.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary test based on three letter words ending in 'ar'.

PL. fill in the blanks in questions 071 to 080, selecting appropriate words from the Choice Box, noting down answers on a slip.

Thereater, if you feel a need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click

CHOICE BOX
THREE LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'ar'
bar
car
ear
far
gar
jar
mar
oar
par
tar
war


071. _ar syndrome is a congenital disorder characterised by low level of platelets in blood, common symptoms being short stature and cow-milk repulsion.


072. Does flicking an eyebrow _ar in public annoy people?


073. "_ar" is not a very much sought after fish as it damages rods and reels.


074. An young man married is an young man _arred. [A proverb].


075. The theme of star _ar has been hyjacked by the hollywood.


076. Noise in _ars may be owing to tinnitus.


077. _ar from the Madding Crowd a novel by Thomas Hardy, deals with unrequited love.


078. If the wind will not serve, take to the _ars- A Latin Proverb.


079. _ar games are Jawa games.


080. _ar insurance is mandatory in most countries.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Adjectives describing 'shirts'

BRIEF NOTE
Shirts protect the upper parts of body from weather. Besides, they add beauty to our appearance. They hide some fatty and hairy parts on our chest and waist.

Here is a multiple choice vocabulary test based on 'adjectives which described "shirts" '.

Pl. fill in the blanks in question Nos. 081 to 090, selecting appropriate phrases from the Choice BOx, noting down your answers on a slip of paper.

If you feel need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key. Selection of words and phrases is always an individual prerogative.

CHOICE BOX
ADJECTIVAL PHRASES DESCRIBING 'SHIRTS'
Arsenal shirt
Baggy shirt
Boiled shirt (cowboy slang for a clean shirt)
Boy shirt
Buckskin shirt
Calico shirt
Cargo shirt
Checked shirt
Clean shirt
Coarse unwashed shirt
Cotton shirt
Casual shirt
Cricket shirt
Delf blue silk shirt
Designer shirt
Dwarf shirt
Embroidered shirt
Embroidered cargo shirt
Flannel shirt
Football shirt
Formal shirt
Formal dress shirt
Golf shirt
Hair shirt
Hawaiian shirt
Hunting shirt
Knit shirt
Lady shirt
Linen cargo shirt
Linen shirt
Long sleeve shirt
Long sleeved work shirt
Night shirt
Office shirt
Polo shirt
Ragged shirt
Red shirt
Ruffled shirt
Rugby shirt
Rugged cargo shirt
Short sleeve shirt
Silk shirt
Sleeved cargo shirt
Slip-lak shirt
Sports shirt
Starched shirt
Stiff shirt
Stylish cargo shirt
Sweat shirt
Funny t-shirt
T-shirt
Tan cargo shirt
Tennis shirt
Threadworn shirt
Trade shirt
Unfastened shirt
Woolen shirt
Work shirt
Woven shirt
Wrinkled shirt


081. On other horns hung jerked bear's meat and venison hams, and gourds for drinking cups, and bags of seed, and my father's best _______ shirt; also, in a neglected corner, several articles of woman's attire from pegs. [Winston Churchill in his 'The Crossing'].


082. He had the finely molded features we see in portraits of handsome ancestors, seeming to call for curling hair a little longish, and a rich profusion of _______ shirt. But his hair was sternly short, his shirt severely plain, his proudly carried head spoke of effort rather than of ease in its attitude. [C.P. Gilman in his 'What Diantha did'].


083. Mr. Julius Van Hee is what is popularly known in the United States as "a live wire." He is a shirt-sleeve diplomatist who, if he thought the occasion warranted it, would not hesitate to conduct diplomatic negotiations in his _____-shirt. [E. Alexander Powell in his book 'Fighting in Flanders'].


084. He wore tweed pants, green with age, and strapped on the inside with a lighter-coloured and newer material; also a very dirty coloured ______ shirt, open in front, and showing a large expanse of hairy chest. [A.B. Paterson in his 'An Outback Marriage'].


085. Needed a bright young fellow to help him--someone who could wear good clothes and not look as if he were in a disguise, and could spit out his words without chewing them up. Would Thorn join him on a grub, duds, and commission basis? Would Thorn surprise his skin with a ______ shirt and his stomach with a broiled steak? [George Horace Lorimer in his book 'Old Gorgon Graham'].


086. 'I flung off my nightgown and cap; I put on a coarse ________ shirt, a worn frock without waistcoat, an old round hat; these things I had sent for, some days ago, in the fear of what might happen. [Thomas Carlyle in his 'French Revolution'].


087. "He took a locket from his _______ shirt and opened it. A curly-headed, dimpled little youngster laughed out at me. [Rex Beach in his novel 'Pardners'].


088. Mrs. Tossell bethought her of certain garments in a press upstairs--a frock and some underclothing long since outgrown by Sabina, a __________ shirt and a suit that had formerly habited Obed, her youngest. [Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch in 'True Tilda'].


089. He himself is half dressed in an __________ shirt and an immense dressing-gown, once gorgeous, now food-splashed and dirty, as it serves him for towel, handkerchief, duster, and every other use to which a textile fabric can be put by a slovenly man. [George Bernard Shaw in his Play 'The Great Catherine'].


090. For under his pretty ________ shirt, which Miss Morgan had forced on him in the hurry of departure, his heart was beating like a little windmill in a gale [W.A. White in his 'The Court of Boyville'].

#014, QUESTIONS 131 TO 140, Adjectives describing 'hats and caps'

BRIEFING
Hats and Caps are head coverings. They protect us from sunlight, rain and snow. Hats have cosmetic value. They hide bald heads and receding hairlines. Right from Queen Elizabeth to a roadside hobo anybody can wear a hat. The prices and appearances of the hats and caps may vary from country to country and culture to culture. American hat makers traditionally used beaver, rabbit fur and felt in making hats.

Writers of the past have splendidly described the hats worn by their characters, in varying degrees.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on Adjectival Phrases describing 'hats and caps'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 131 to 140, selecting appropriate adjectives from the Choice Box, noting them on a piece of paper.

After completing, if you consider necessary you can check your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not agree with the key. Choice of words is a free right of individuals. Words cannot be imposed.

CHOICE BOX
Adjective Phrases describing 'hats and caps'
Akubra hat
1 Baseball caps
2 Boonie hat
Bridal hats
Bucket hat
3 Campaign hat
Cowboy hat
Fashion hat
Fatigue cap
Festival hat
Flax hat
4 Fur hat
5 Gatsby hats
Hard hat
6 Mortarboard hats
7 Mourning caps
Paper hat
8 Slouch hat
9 Stovepipe hat
Straw hat
Top hat
10 Wedding hats
Winter hat

131. Soldiers wear ________ hats when on the field and service caps on other occasions.


132. Many Universities have dispensed with the requirement of wearing hoods during convocation ceremonies. However, the ___________ hats continue.


133. We were all dressed alike: broad ______ hats, to keep the sun off; gray knapsacks; blue army shirts; blue overalls; leathern gaiters buttoned tight from knee down to ankle; high-quarter coarse shoes snugly laced. [Mark Twain in his novel 'A Tramp Abroad'].


134. There are ________ caps which can when worn detect and analyse electroencephhalogram (E.E.G) signals from brain.


135. President Abraham Lincoln wore a _________ hat.


136. ______ hats are common in US Army.


137. ______ Hats are of the 20th Century Jazz Age. .


138. A man without a wife is like a man in winter without a ___ hat. [A Russian proverb].


139. Are colorful floral _______ hats good substitutes to bridal veils?


140. ________ caps use black color.

#012, QUESTIONS 111 TO 120, Four letter words ending in 'ue'

BRIEFING
Four letter words play a key role in expressing our ideas concisely. Here is a list of four letter words which end in 'ue'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 111 to 120, selecting an appropriate word from the Choice Box, noting answers on a piece of paper.

If you feel need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key.

CHOICE BOX
FOUR LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'UE'
ague
blue
clue
flue
glue
grue- fear
moue - a facial gesture, showing discontent.
roue - lecherous dissipated person
slue (slew)-turn around
spue (spew) -eject
true


111. Volcanoes __ue fire and lava.


112. The car __ued and dashed against the sliding gate.


113. The citizens commited an error by electing a sophisticated __ue as the President.


114. Even when she __ues she looks beautiful.


115. Influenza vaccine is also called a '__ue shot'.


116. __ue is a crime fiction board game.


117. Some say tat blood glucose monitors increase the __ue in diabetes patients rather than alert them.


118. Jet __ue is among the top twenty Airline stocks in market ap.


119. Love is the super __ue which binds hearts.


120. __ue is a common name, equivalent of malarial fever.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

#015, QUESTIONS 141 TO 150, FIVEr letter words ending in 'ock'

BRIEF
Three and four letter words are too short and few in number. If one place is kept for the vowel, there is little place for consonants. Five letter words, hence, have become popular in usage.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on FIVE letter words ending in 'ock'.

Pl. Fill in the blanks in questions 141 to 150, selecting the words from the Choice Box below noting down answers on a piece of paper.

Thereafter, if you feel need, you can compare your answers with the key. Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key. Selecting a particular word, is a free prerogative of individuals.

CHOICE BOX
FIVE LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'uck'
block
brock
chock
clock
crock
flock
frock
knock
shock
smock
stock


141. He is chicken-hearted despite having a body of a _____.


142. Liquidated __ock assets need a place to park until the next rally comes.


143. He plucked a lock of wool from his blue __ock [Rudyard Kipling in his book 'Actions and Reactions'].


144. In US, more than a million __ock cases are reported.


145. Opportunity seldom __ocks twice. [A proverb].


146. The __ock does not make the monk. [A European proverb]


147. One scabbed sheep mars the whole __ock [An English proverb].


148. There is a __ock of gold in the tomb of every chieftain. [An Irish Proverb].


149. Trailers need good wheel __ocks when parked on an incline.


150. A watched __ock never tells the time. [A proverb]


151A. In split __ock pricing, large orders are broken into small bits, for applying different prices for different lots.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Adjectives describing 'chin'

BRIEFING
Chin lies below the mouth. Chin is conspicuous in making a face look beautiful or ugly. Chin sometimes reflects the overage or underage of a person. To improve cosmetic appearance, some people undergo chin augmentation surgical procedures and chin lifts and chin implants which involve manipulation of jaw bones. Thus an improved chin means an improved face profile.

As far as writers are concerned, describing a chin is a routine undertaken as a part of describing faces.

Here is a multiple choice vocabulary test based on "adjectives which describe 'chins' ".

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 151 to 160, selecting suitable adjective phrases from the choice box, writing down answers on a slip of paper.

If you feel it necessary, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not agree with the answers in key; choice of words is an individual's trait and right.

CHOICE BOX
Adjectival phrases describing the 'chin'
Asymmetrical chin
Bum chin
Butt chin
Dimpled chin
1 Emphasized chin
2 Double chin
3 Little chin
Mustached chin
4 Noble chin
Out-thrust chin
5Piquant chin
6 Pointed chin
7 Prominent chin
Receding chin
Rounded chin
8 Rusty chin
Shaven chin
9 Sloping chin
Smooth chin
Square chin
Strong chin
10 Sullen chin
Weak chin
Well-defined chin


151. She turned her head away from them and fell into deep thought, with
her _____ chin resting on her white hand, half clenched. She was so lovely and statuesque, and looked so inspired with thoughts celestial, as she sat thus, impregnating herself with mendacity [Charles Reade in his novel 'The Cloister and the Hearth'].


152. The Dummy uttered one of his abortive sounds, much like that of an angry puma, contorted his face, and put his hand above his head, so that I had a very vivid suggestion of the lady, her _______ chin and her hat, at which all Papeete laughed. [Fredrick O'Brien in his novel 'Mystic isles of the South Seas].


153. ______ chin is an indication of fat storage and uglifies a face. ______ chin exercises may ameliorate the problem to some extent .


154. Note high head, domed above temples and wide across center of forehead; large nose; long, straight upper lip; firm mouth; _________ chin; long line from point of chin to crown of head; intense expression.[Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb in their book 'Analyzing Character'].


155. The shadowy eyes under the untidy mass of red-brown hair, in
which the curls and tendrils stood out as if endowed with a magnetic life of their own; the sensitive lips; the little _______ chin; and, in the eyes and on the lips, that gently mocking, alluring smile. [Rosa Praed in 'Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land'].


156. The lips were full, and the mouth was drawn in such exquisite lines that it needed the clear-cut and __________ chin to give firmness to its beauty. [C.D. Warner in his novel 'The Golden House'].


157. A shambling and disconsolate youth, clad in a three-days' growth of beard, a checked jumper and khaki trousers, this person lounged negligently in the doorway of the waiting-room and, caressing his _____ chin with nicotine-dyed fingers, regarded the stranger in Nokomis with an air of subtle yet vaguely melancholy superiority. [L.J. Vance in his book 'The Bronze Bell'].


158. Her poor ______ chin is dissolved in the folds of her fat neck .


159. Thick as water, bursts remote
Round her ears the alien din,
While her little ______ chin
Fills the hollows of her throat:
Silent lie her slaughter'd kin.
[George Meredith in his poem 'Cassandra'].


160. But that bit about the sober gray eyes and the _______ chin Jane was responsible for. He could never forget those eyes of Jane's. He was not so certain about the chin. It might have been piquant; and then again, it might not. At any rate, it had been adorable, for it was Jane's. [Howells & Alden, Editors in their 'Quaint Courtships'].

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Three letter words ending in 'ue'

BRIEFING
Three letter words ending in 'ue' are quite commonly used with the exception of 'kue'.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on three letter words ending in 'ue'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 121 to 130, selecting appropriate words from the Choice Box, noting your answers on a piece of paper.

If you feel necessary, you can compare your answers with the key, but there is no compulsion that your answers should agree with the key. Click.

CHOICE BOX
THREE LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'ue''eu'
cue 1
cue 2
due
due to
hue 1
hue 2
kue - not a common word
rue 1
rue 2
sue


121. You must know whom you owe and when the payment is ___. [Proverbs 3:27-28]. Due date calculators are helpful in case of instalment purchases.


122. Orange ___ is not a rarity. We can find it in sunsets and wines.


123. Snooker ____s made from African Ebony, Snakewood, American Oak are in good demand.


124. Sadly, sadly, would she _ue it. [G.J. Wilhelm in 'Fair Tales'].


125. Napoleon gave the name '_ue de Rivoli' to the long straight street on the right bank of Seine in Paris.


126. I love, I _ue, I seek a wife. [William Shakespeare in his play 'Love's Labor's Lost'].


127. His cough may be _ue to a post nasal drip.


128. Some people view that President of US cannot be _ued for the decisions made by him in his official capacity. What is your opinion?


129. There is a _ue and cry to rename the City.


130. If that may be, then all is well. Come, sit down, every
mother's son, and rehearse your parts. Pyramus, you begin; when
you have spoken your speech, enter into that brake; and so every
one according to his _ue. [William Shakespeare in his play 'A Midsummer Night's dream].

#017, QUESTIONS 161 TO 170, Three letter vowel-less words ending in 'y'

BRIEFING
Among the three letter words ending in 'y', there are some words which do not have a vowel letter (a-e-i-o-u). Technically, in these words, there are no vowels, the consonant 'y' sounds like a vowel.

Here is a multiple choice vocabulary test based on 'three letter words without vowel, ending in 'y'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 161 to 170, selecting appropriate words from the Choice Box, writing down your answers on a piece of paper.

Thereafter, if you feel necessary, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not agree with the key, because chosing a word is your free right.

CHOICE BOX
Three letter vowelless words ending in 'y'
cry
dry
fly
fry
ply
pry
shy
sky
sly
spy
sty
thy
try
why
wry


161. Better a bit of __y bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour. [Proverbs 17:1].


162. Blocked secretory glands in eyelids can cause the morbid condition called the '__y'.


163. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her fingers __y the spindle. [Proverbs 31:19].


164. The employers or the State cannot __y into the personal affairs of workers.


165. Once bitten, twice __y [A proverb].


166. Should parents __y on their children?


167. Northwind brings rain. A __y tongue brings angry looks. [Proverbs 25:23]


168. Hearts of all the feminine small __y at the party beat fast when they see the billionaire on the rostrum.


169. The spider's web lets the rat escape and catches the __y [Proverbs 30:28].


170. Do not __y because it is over. Smile because it happened [A Swedish proverb].

Saturday, May 24, 2008

#018, QUESTIONS 171 TO 180, Adjectives describing 'breath'

BRIEFING
Normally, writers do not get occasions to describe breath unless the characters described are lovers coming close to one another. Authors may have to describe breaths while explaining special situations.

Here is a multiple choice vocabulary test based on adjective phrases which describe 'breath',

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 171 to 180, selecting suitable phrases from the Choice Box, noting down your answers on a piece of paper.

Thereafter, if you feel a need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key, as choice of words is always a question of personal prerogative.

CHOICE BOX
ADJECTIVAL PHRASES DESCRIBING 'breath'
Bad breath
Bated breath
Baited breath (misspelt bated breath)
Big breath
Cold breath
Cool breath
Deep breath
Evasive breath
Fresh breath
Frozen breath
Foul breath
Foulest breath
Husky breath
Long breath
Long-lasting breath
Shared breath
Stale breath
Steaming breath
Sultry breath
Wheezing breath


171. She awaited the outcome of her first job interview with _____ breath.


172. But at front and rear, unawed and indomitable, toiled the two men
who were not yet dead. Their bodies were covered with fur and soft-tanned leather. Eyelashes and cheeks and lips were so coated with the crystals from their ______ breath that their faces were not discernible. This gave them the seeming of ghostly masques. [Jack London in his novel 'White Fang'].


173. Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but ____ breath, and foul breath is noisome. Therefore I will depart unkiss'd. [William Shakespeare in his play 'Much ado about nothing'].


174. "______ breath" is the essence of love. Fairly enough, there are no conspiracies.


175. ____________ breaths, only tooth-paste companies promise.


176. ________ breath sounds may be caused by obstruction of lower Airways.


177. ____________breath testing for blood alcohol is not 100% fool-proof.


178. Flute players can handle long phrases only if they can hold ____ breaths.


179. The Mountainer took a ___ breath before venturing on the next leg.


180. The condition of ___ breath is also called 'halitosis'.

Friday, May 23, 2008

#019, QUESTIONS 181 TO 190, Three letter words ending in 'y'

BRIEF
Three letter words are important in any language. They are easier and quicker to pronounce and write.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on three letter words ending in 'ay'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 181 to 190, selecting the words from the Choice Box, noting down answers in your mind or on a piece of paper.

If you feel it necessary, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.
Your answers need not agree with the key. Choice of words is a free right of an individual.

CHOICE BOX
THREE LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'ay'
bay
cay
day
fay
gay
hay
jay
lay
may
nay
pay
ray
say
way
yay


181. Bahamas is rich in '_ays'.


182. _ay and _ay are affirmative and negative votes respectively.


183. The Never bird became irritated; they have very short tempers. "You dunderheaded little _ay," she screamed, "Why don't you do as I tell you?" [J.M. Barrie in his novel 'The Never Bird'].


184. It may be an academically interesting puzzle as to why we are _ay...but it is much more interesting and important to find out why people are homophobic. [Peter Nardi, U.S. Professor].


185. Make _ay while the sun shines.


186. If you were born lucky, even your rooster will _ay eggs." [An Arab Proverb].


187. Large demands on oneself and little demands on others keep resentment at _ay [A proverb].


188. If you _ay peanuts, you get monkeys. [A proverb]


189. Reason is a _ay of divine light. [A proverb]


190. It is better to run back than run the wrong _ay. [A proverb].


190A. A rainy April makes a pretty _ay. [A German proverb].

Thursday, May 22, 2008

#20, QUESTIONS 191 TO 200, Adjectives describing 'voices'

BRIEFING
Voice links a human with other humans. If a person is dumb, facial gestures have to assist in communication, which becomes arduous. In real life also, voice often functions like an asset for a person to accomplish the minor and major tasks and goals of life. A person with a resonant or a mellifluous voice with clear pronunciation is likely to attract listeners.

Fiction writers describing faces, use 'voices' as effective tools to express the moods in which the characters were placed at that particular moment.

Here is a multiple choice vocabulary test based on adjective phrases which describe 'voices'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 191 to 200, selecting suitable phrases from the Choice Box, noting down your answers on a piece of paper.

Thereafter, if you feel a need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key, as choice of words is always a question of personal prerogative.

CHOICE BOX
ADJECTIVAL PHRASES DESCRIBING 'voices'
Angry voice
Anguished voice
Bass voice
Cheerful voice, Cheery voice
Choked voice
Clear voice
Commanding voice
Croaking voice
Desperate voice
Distinctive voice
Dull voice
Faint voice
Familiar voice
Far-reaching voice
Genial voice
Girlish voice
High-pitched voice
Hoarse voice
Hollow voice
Loud voice
Lovely voice
Low voice
Masculine voice
Melodious voice
Murmering voice
Muted voice
Natural voice
Panickstricken voice
Ponderous voice
Purred voice
Querulous voice
Remarkable voice
Serious voice
Shriek voice
Slow voice
Soft voice
Spiritual voice
Squeaky voice
Steady voice
Strange voice
Suffocating voice
Sweet voice
Tearful voice
Tender voice
Trembling voice
Tremendous voice
Troubled voice



191. We may suffer from a _______ voice when we inhale 'Helium" gas.


192. If _________ voices are silenced by force, terrorism may sometimes result.


193. We hear ______ and _______ voices in Airports and Railway Stations.


194. A ____ voice does not enhance the personality of a person.


195. _________ voice disorders in female can be corrected through surgical procedures.


196. A child usually recognises the ________ voice of its mother in its fourth month.


197. ________ voices are often unintelligible .


198. A beggar cannot speak in a __________ voice.


199. Use of a _______ voice in a comic situation, often arouses laughter.


200. Her _____ voice is barely audible.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

#21, QUESTIONS 201 TO 210, Four letter words ending with 'uck'

BRIEF
Three letter words are too short and few in number. If one place is kept for the vowel, there is little place for consonants. Four letter words, hence, have become popular in usage.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on four letter words ending in 'uck'.

Pl. Fill in the blanks in questions 201 to 210, selecting the words from the Choice Box below noting down answers on a piece of paper.

Thereafter, if you feel need, you can compare your answers with the key. Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key. Selecting a particular word, is a free prerogative of individuals.

CHOICE BOX
FOUR LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'uck'
buck
duck
fuck
guck
huck
luck
muck
puck
ruck
suck
tuck
yuck


201. ____ factor is used to measure disgust and repugnance against new foods and products.


202. Young ____ is a nickname of the world famous rapper David Darnell Brown .


203. Tummy ____ is another name for abdominoplasty.


204. The _uck of passengers, busy, with their babies andtheir bundles, had not noticed the affair. .


205. The word '_uck' seems to offend some people.


206. '_uck' is a nature spirit. Shakespeare used it as a character in his Play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.


207. The word '_uck' just means 'sexual intercourse'. Unfortunately, he word is treated as offensive by many. Funnily, people are extremely crazy about the word so much so that there are 212 million google search pages about it.


208. _ucking in a card game is a sleight of hand and tantamounts to cheating.


209. Price tags come with sticky glue residue _uck.


210. The damask _uck towel presented by you is really good.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

#22, QUESTIONS 211 TO 220, Adjectives describing 'spectacles'

BRIEFING
Spectacles have become an inseparable parts of faces in the modern civilisation. Spectacles were said to have been invented in 1284. It is said that spectacles of early vintage were made of a crystal stone called beryl. In some countries and in some civilisations, wearing spectacles was in the past treated as a sign of old age and people felt ashamed if they had to wear them at an early age.

Writers describing faces of middle aged persons have often to describe spectacles, using suitable adjective phrases which reflect the characteristics which he wants the characters to possess. For the purpose, there is a need to strengthen the vocabulary base of the writers.

Here is a multiple choice vocabulary test based on adjective phrases which describe 'spectacles'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 211 to 220, selecting suitable phrases from the Choice Box, noting down your answers on a piece of paper.

Thereafter, if you feel a need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key, as choice of words is always a question of personal prerogative.

CHOICE BOX
ADJECTIVE PHRASES DESCRIBING SPECTACLES
Antique spectacles
Bifocal spectacles
Big-rimmed spectacles
Big spectacles
Black-rimmed spectacles
Black spectacles
Blue spectacles
Clumsy spectacles
Copper spectacles
Cross-polarized spectacles
Designer spectacles
Dirty spectacles
Discount spectacles
Fashion spectacles
Gold-bowed spectacles
Gold-rimmed spectacles
Gold spectacles
Green spectacles
Green-tinted spectacles
Hexameter spectacles
Horn-rimmed spectacles
Horn-rimmed secretarial spectacles
Huge spectacles
Iron spectacles
Large spectacles
Magnifying spectacles
Luminous spectacles
Neutral-tinted spectacles
Non-sideshield spectacles
Prescription spectacles
Prescription Sports spectacles
Protective spectacles
Red spectacles
Rose-colored spectacles
Round spectacles
Safety spectacles
Sexy spectacles
Silver spectacles
Steel-rimmed spectacles
Strapped spectacles
Titanium-framed spectacles
Tortoise-shell rimmed spectacles
Tortoiseshell spectacles
Winged spectacles
Wireframed spectacles



211. "And so," returned she, "we have parted
with the colt, and have only got a gross of _____ spectacles, with
copper rims and shagreen cases? A murrain take such trumpery! [Oliver Goldsmith in his novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield'].


212. It seemed furnished almost exclusively by the Minister, who sat with knees crossed, in a pair of large round _____________ spectacles, which did not, however, veil the keenness of his eyes. He was a man with close cropped grey hair, a broad, yellow, clean-shaven face, and thrusting grey eyes. [John Galsworthy in his novel 'The burning spear'].


213. Benjamin Franklin invented the _______ spectacles in 1840.


214. He wears the sun helmet and pagri, the ______________ spectacles, and the white canvas Spanish sand shoes of the modern Scotch missionary: but instead of a cheap tourist's suit from Glasgow, a grey flannel shirt with white collar, a green sailor knot tie with a cheap pin in it, he wears a suit of clean white linen, acceptable in color, if not in cut, to the Moorish mind. [George Bernard Shaw in his play 'Captain Brassbound's Conversion'].


215. "You might as well give me a pair of ____ spectacles!" "Very good," says our overseer, taking 'em away again, "you won't get anything else
here." .


216. The Queensland State in Australia has a Spectacles Supply Scheme to supply free ____________ spectacles to eligible Citizens.


217. At the next table at dinner--in a beautiful old room with green matting on the floor and a huge open fireplace--sat an old gentleman with white hair
and bright eyes behind very ________ spectacles, and from the tone in which he talked to the waiter they guessed him to be an American. [E.V. Lucas in his novel 'The Slow Coach'].


218. ______________ spectacles cannot ensure safety.


219. The ______ spectacles of the 1950s had elongated outer corner edges.


220. _______ spectacles have to function simultaneously as protective spectacles also.

Monday, May 19, 2008

#23, QUESTIONS 221 TO 230, Three letter words ending in 'ag'

BRIEFING
Three letter words play a key role in English. They are very short, crisp and easy to remember, type and use. Hence, I am trying to introduce as many three letter words as possible.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on 'three letter words ending in 'ag'. Only italicized words have been used.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 231 to 240, selecting appropriate word from the Choice Box. Pl. note the answers on a slip of paper. If you feel a need, you can compare with the key: Click. Your answers need not tally with the key, because choice of words is a question of personal preferences.

CHOICE BOX
THREE LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'ag'
bag
dag
fag
gag
hag
jag
lag
mag
nag
rag
sag
tag
wag
zag


221. Winding roads and _ags may be found even on George Washington Memorial Highway.


222. Dogs _ag their tails before their masters. Cronies seek spoils from Presidents.


223. Sensormatic security _ags are marketed to safeguard against retail market theft losses.


224. When stock markets _ag, should we get depressed?


225. Great newspapers should not degenerate themselves into _ags under compulsions and compunctions of cut-throat competition.


226. _agging bosses and lovers make lives miserable.


227. Do you read computer _ags? .


228. A person can become a _ag even after becoming the President. If he cannot improve people's lives, he can at least amuse them.


229. The market sentiment changed at the _ag end of the day.


230. Have you seen a dentist's _ag which he uses to keep jaws apart?

Sunday, May 18, 2008

#24, QUESTIONS 231 TO 240, Four letter words ending in 'ack'

BRIEFING
Four letter words play a key role in expressing our ideas concisely. Here is a list of four letter words which end in 'ack'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 231 to 240, selecting an appropriate word from the Choice Box, noting answers on a piece of paper.

If you feel need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key.

CHOICE BOX
FOUR LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'ack'
back
hack
jack
lack
mack
pack
rack
sack
tack
wack
yack


231. Dorsalgia is __ck pain.


232. Should we stoop down to _ack a coke machine? Can't we do something bigger?


233. Is using magic _ack for phone calls, morally supportable?


234. _ack on! _ack on! You annoy and please me at the same time!


235. Can excellence and _ack coexist? .


236. He who sits on _ack is better off.


237. The difference between a successful person and others is not a _ack of strength, not a _ack of knowledge, but rather a _ack of will. [V.T. Lombardi, American Football coach].


238. She looked lovely in her _ack. She drove a _ack like a professional.


239. An empty _ack cannot stand up. (An Haithian proverb).


240. A _ack of razor blades changed the whole civilisation.


240A. If thou neglect'st, or dost unwillingly
What I command, I'll _ack thee with old cramps,
Fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar,
That beasts shall tremble at thy din. .[William Shakespeare in his play 'The Tempest'

Saturday, May 17, 2008

#25, QUESTIONS 241 TO 250, Adjectives describing 'forehead'

People say that face is the index of mind. Forehead occupies an important place in the forehead. Somuchso, there are ads on internet, offering forehead space on face for sale. No surprise-- forehead jewellery is designed and showpieced.

We can say that forehead is the index of the face. Forehead, may sometimes, reflect the advanced age of a person or the tragedies he had undergone: eg. a 'furrowed forehead'. There is a procedure in cosmetic surgery, called 'forehead lift' which improves the cosmetic appearance of a forehead by flattening/softening deep-frown-lines between the brows.

Here is a muliple choice vocabulary test based on adjectives describing a forehead.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 241 to 250, selecting apprpriate adjective phrases from the Choice Box, noting answers on a piece of paper. Only the italicized phrases have been used in the test.

If you feel a need, you can compare your selections with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key; because: selecting a word is always an individual's prerogative. But, please observe: how the classical writers used the adjectives and compare them with the current usage.

CHOICE BOX
Ample forehead
Bald forehead
Brown forehead
Delicate forehead
Enlarged forehead
Fastidious forehead
Feathered forehead
Flat forehead
Frowned forehead
Furrowed forehead
Hot forehead
Large forehead
Lifted forehead
Lofty forehead
Long forehead
Low forehead
Pale forehead
Peeling forehead
Pretty forehead
Receding forehead
Screaming forehead
Tacked forehead
Tattooed forehead


241. If Britney Spears appears in a shopping arcade with a _______ forehead, it becomes a sensation. .


242. Nobody takes notice of a lame begger with a deeply ________ forehead, sitting at the gate of a Church.


243. Of resurrection? Is the east
Afraid to trust the morn
With her __________ forehead?
As soon impeach my crown! [Emily Dickinson in her unnamed poem'.]


244. Is ___ forehead a sign of beauty in a girl?


245. The order of the patron saint of Moscow, and the glittering stars of other nations which sparkled on his green uniform, told how well he had laboured for the interest of all other countries except his own; but his clear, pale complexion, his delicately trimmed mustachio, his _____ forehead, his arched eyebrow, and his Eastern eye, recalled to the traveller, in spite of his barbarian trappings, the fine countenances of the Aegean, and became a form which apparently might have struggled in Thermopylae. [The Earl of Beaconsfield in his novel 'Vivian Grey'].


246. Under the man-hole squatted old Toadie. The light bathed his hunched shoulders, his ________ forehead, his projecting teeth. [Alfred Ollivant
in his novel 'The Gentleman'].


247. There is an impression that males can have ____ foreheads and women cannot. .


248. Over that _____ forehead white
The thousandth year returneth.
Still, on its commanding height,
With a fierce and blood-red light,
The fiery token burneth.
[Lord Macaulay in his poem 'THE MARRIAGE OF TIRZAH AND AHIRAD'].


249. Is an unusually _____ forehead an impediment to sexual attractiveness? .


250. She had an enormous head, with the masculine yet ________ forehead of the Jupiter of Phidias, and gray eyes, to which her chaste life, penetrating fully into them, carried a flood of light. The features of her round face, formerly fresh and rosy, were at one time swollen by the small-pox, which destroyed the velvet texture of the skin, though it kindly left no other traces, and her cheek was still so soft and delicate that her mother's kiss made a momentary red mark upon it. [Honore de Balzac in his novel 'Eugenie Grandet'].

250A. A mother had to sport a ________ foreheadwith the name of a gambling site, to earn the school fee of her son. How does it reflect on the global education system?

Friday, May 16, 2008

#26, QUESTIONS 251 TO 260, Four letter words ending in 'ag'

BRIEFING
Four letter words play a key role in expressing our ideas concisely. Here is a list of our letter words which end in 'ag'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 251 to 260, selecting an appropriate word from the Choice Box, noting answers on a piece of paper.

If you feel need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key.

CHOICE BOX
FOUR LETTER WORDS ENDING in 'Ag'
brag
crag
drag
flag
frag
quag
scag
shag
skag
slag
snag
stag
swag


251. We ___ag because we wish to impress others.


252. A __ag is a sort of curtain drapery.


253. He attends __ag parties. She attends hen parties.


254. That Airline cares little for its passengers when __ags interrupt flights.


255. The Bradford District in England is rich in __ags.


256. The story __ags on. The film hangs on.


257. Terrorists do not hesitate to __ag children and women.


258. On oneside there is a ditch; on the other here is a __ag. Where shall I land?


259. __ag and refuse have metallic residues which are to be reclaimed.


260. __ag: heroin or a brand of lawn mower? .

Thursday, May 15, 2008

#27, QUESTIONS 261 TO 270, Adjectives describing 'mushtache (moustache)'

Moustaches can beautify or uglify faces. Hence writers spend some time and words to describe mustaches in male faces. Some faces get their special identity by virtue of the dominance of a peculiar type of mustache in their face. There are rare instances of a person pulling a car with his mustache. There are handmade moustache factories.

Here is a multiple choice questions test, based on 'Adjectives which describe mushtaches'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 261 to 270, selecting the phrases from the Choice Box given below, noting down answers on a piece of paper.

If you feel it necessary, you can compare your answers with the key.
Click.

Your answers need not agree with the key. Selecting and using a word is always a question of individual choice.

CHOICE BOX
Bent mustache, blond mustache, brown mustache
Burnt-
Close-cropped black mustache
Curling brown mustache
Defiant mustache
Droopy mustache
Fake moustache, faint mustache, fair mustache,
False mustache, flaming mustache
Gray mustache, Grizzled mustache
Handlebar moustache, handsome mustache
Heavy mustache
Hitler mustache (moustache)
Imperial moustache
Long mustache
New, short, fighting mustache
Military mustache
Overhanging mustache
Penciled mustache
Ragged mustache, red mustache, reddish mustache
Sandy mustache,
Scraggy mustache,
Scrolled mustache, Smudgy black mustache,
Straggly mustache, Styled mustache
Thick mustache, Toothbrush mustache
Turned-up mustache
Undeveloped mustache
Twirly mustache
Unkempt mustache
Waxed mustache, White mustache
Yellow mustache


261. There is a _________ mustache Club at Windsor Castle Pub in London, England. They meet on the first Friday of every month at Windsor.


262. Bart swore under his breath and beckoned to him a ______ mustached, droopy-shouldered rider who was circling the herd in a droopy, spiritless manner and chewing tobacco with much industry [B.M. Bower in his novel 'Cow County'].


263. We stared at each other! Spitz bit his ________ mustache. "So," he said bitterly, "Black Michael has simply anticipated us with the same game! We have been tricked. [Bret Harte in his novel 'New Burlesque'].


264. They sat down under the trees, and the Marchesino looked at his
pointed boots for a moment in silence, pushing forward his under lip until his ______mustache touched the jaunty tip of his nose. Then he began to laugh, still looking before him. [Robert Hichens in his novel 'A Spirit in Prison'.]


265. The officer in command of the Federals was a young coxcomb of a captain with a ______mustache and blond hair. As long as he felt uncertain about the strength of the assailants, he had remained extremely quiet and prudent; but now that they had driven the rebels back without allowing them a chance to fire a single shot, he waxed bold and brave. [Mariano Azuela in the novel 'The Underdogs'].


266. He was dressed in spotless white linen, and with his _________mustache, his well-groomed black hair, and sparkling black eyes, he was a true type of the leisure son of the Spanish-Mexican grandee. He stared at our travel-stained caravan as it rolled down the Plaza's edge, but his careless smile changed to an insolent grin, showing all his perfect teeth as he caught sight of Beverly and me. [Margaret McCarter in her novel 'Vanguards of the Plain'].


267. With his curly reddish hair and beard, _______ mustache, honest, big, blue eyes, swelling red cheeks, and robust body, Blaise looked like one who must have had his dignities thrust upon him very recently. [Robert Neilson Stephens in his book 'An enemy to the King'].


268. At that time, as they do now, grocers wore the ________
mustache
and the lansquenet beard, only the money baths, already rare in those days, have become almost unknown now [Alexander Dumas in his novel 'Ten years later'] .


269. _____ mustache and blue eyes make an inadequate description of a missing person. More identification marks are necessary.


270. M. Beaucaire twirled the tip of his _______ mustache around the end of his white forefinger. [Booth Tarkington in his novel 'Monsieur Beaucaire'] .

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

#28, QUESTIONS 271 TO 280, Four letter words ending in 'wl'

BRIEFING
Four letter words play a key role in expressing our ideas concisely. Here is a list of our letter words which end in 'wl'.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 271 to 280, selecting an appropriate word from the Choice Box, noting answers on a piece of paper.

If you feel need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key.

CHOICE BOX
bawl
bowl
cowl
fowl
howl
jowl
mewl
pawl
wawl
yawl
yowl


271. We can neither ____ nor smoke in a court of law.


272. We can ____ either in joy or in angst.


273. Dandis, ketches, schooners and ____s are all masted vessels.


274. ____ing of cats and rumbling of rats cannot move a dame in her grave.


275. A ____ jostled from the teeth of a ratchet wheel can cause accidents in a mill.


276. Though she and I slept together cheek by __wl, we never had a sexual contact.


277. She __wled as tears rolled from her eyes.


278. In a BMW, we can see the wiper motor, opening up the __wl.


279. He __wled her over with his cunning persuasive talk.
.

280. The Avian Flue in Kentucky is mainly centered around __wl.

Monday, May 12, 2008

#029, QUESTIONS 281 TO 290, Adjectives describing 'ties'

BRIEFING
A neck-tie is also called a 'cravat' a word of Croatian origin. The word necktie can be written in two ways: 1. Hyphenated compound word: neck-tie. 2. Single word: necktie.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on Adjectives Describing 'neckties'. Pl. fill the blanks in questions 281 to 290 selecting the words from the Choice Box, noting down answers on a slip of paper. If you feel need, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the Key, as choice of adjectives and adverbs is a question of personal preferences.

CHOICE BOX
All too tight neck-tie, Assertive tie, Awfully obvious necktie

Black neck-tie, Blue neck-tie
Crimson neck-tie
Dashing crimson neck-tie, Dashing neck-tie, Decent necktie, Defiant neck-tie, Dingy neck-tie, Dingy white neck-tie
Elaborate tie
Faded neck tie, Fiery neck-tie, Fine necktie, Frazzled necktie
Garish neck-tie, Gorgeous necktie,
Imaginary neck-tie
Loose black neck-tie, Loose neck-tie
Narrow neck-tie, Narrow silken neck-tie
Pink necktie
Sky blue neck-tie, Soiled necktie, Soiled white necktie, Starched neck=tie, Streaked neck-tie
Tattered necktie
Variegated neck-tie, Voluminous necktie
White neck-tie
Woollen neck-tie


281. The ______ neck-tie and hatband were replaced by discreet black. He acquired the attitudes and gestures of his employer in a few days. [John Paris in his novel 'Kimono'].


282. In the midst of the reading of a hymn a brown, stately dame would sweep up the aisle with a world of airs, with nothing in the world on but a "stovepipe" hat and a pair of cheap gloves; another dame would follow, tricked out in a man's shirt, and nothing else; another one would enter with a flourish, with simply the sleeves of a bright calico dress tied around her waist and the rest of the garment dragging behind like a peacock's tail off duty; a stately "buck" Kanaka would stalk in with a woman's bonnet on, wrong side before--only this, and nothing more; after him would stride his fellow, with the legs of a pair of pantaloons tied around his neck, the rest of his person untrammeled; in his rear would come another gentleman simply gotten up in a _____ neck-tie and a striped vest.
[Mark Twain in his novel 'Roughing It'].


283. The Italian hero entered that beautiful palace, where a grand company of the nobility were waiting to receive him, attired in a rough gray
overcoat and trousers, a large pork-pie hat, a ___________ neck-tie, and a red flannel shirt. [Grace Greenwood in his book 'Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood'].


284. He wore a clerical suit, with a ___________ neck-tie; the skin about his throat hung in deep folds, and the folds were filled with an unpleasing grey stubble. [Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch in his novel 'True Tilda'].


285. But the fact is, W'isky was jealous o' ME"--and the little wretch
actually swelled out like a turkeycock and made a pretense of adjusting an _________ neck-tie, noting the effect in the palm of his hand, held up before him to represent a mirror. [Ambrose Bierce in his novel 'Can such things be'].


286. The nearest person was a young man of eighteen, or perhaps more, with an incipient, straw-colored mustache, and a shock of hair of tow-color. This
young man wore a __________ neck-tie, a stiff standing-collar, and a suit of clothes in the extreme of fashion. [Horatio Alger in his novel 'Errand Boy'].


287. This ragged and untidy old man might have been taken for a beggar, had not his dirty fingers and his _____ neck-tie, whose original color was hardly discoverable, flashed with brilliants of an unusual size, and had not the arms emblazoned upon the door of his chair, in spite of the dust and dirt, betrayed a noble rank. [Louise Muhlbach in his novel 'The Daughter of an Empress'].


288. Miss Ada Bell welcomed Clarence in the most affectionate manner, assisted him to remove his coat, unfastened his _______ neck-tie, and smoothed down his glossy black hair; then, warming a napkin, she wrapped it round his benumbed hands, and held them in her own until the circulation was restored and they were supple and comfortable again. [Frank J. Webb in his novel 'The Garies and their friends'].


289. Edith apostrophized him to her fashionable friends as "a real genius," leaving a dim impression upon their minds of flowing locks, a shiny velvet jacket, slouched hat, _______ neck-tie and a general air of disreputable pretentiousness. Geniuses of the foreign type were never, in the estimation of fashionable New York society, what you would call "exactly nice," and against prejudices of this order no amount of argument will ever prevail.[Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen in his 'Tales From Two Hemispheres'].


290. His hat was a fine panama with a broad black ribbon; his frock-coat was of thin cloth, plain, dark, and altogether civilized; his light trousers were cut gaiter-fashion, and strapped under the instep; his small boots were patent-leather, and of the ordinary type. There was nothing poetic about his attire except a reasonably wide Byron collar and a rather _______________ neck-tie, well suited to his dark complexion. [John William De Forest in his novel 'Overland'].


290A. I see by your clothes and ________ necktie that you are mighty poor; and you can't afford to turn down the offer. Well, when do you want to begin? [O Henry in his novel 'Strictly Business'].

Sunday, May 11, 2008

#30, QUESTIONS 291 TO 300, Short words ending with 'awn'

Short words make the reading, speaking, typing and writing world easy. Hence I am targeting on the short words.

COMPLETE LIST OF WORDS STARTING WITH 'AWN'
awn , awning , awnings

COMPLETE LIST OF WORDS ENDING WITH 'AWN'

awn , brawn , dawn , drawn , fawn , indrawn , lawn , overdrawn , pawn , prawn , redrawn , sawn , spawn , withdrawn , yawn


COMPLETE LIST OF WORDS CONTAINING 'AWN'

awn , awning , awnings , brawn , brawnier , brawniest , brawny , dawn , dawned , dawning , dawns , drawn , fawn , fawned , fawning , fawningly , fawns , indrawn , lawn , lawnmower , lawnmowers , lawns , overdrawn , pawn , pawnbroker , pawnbrokers , pawned , pawning , pawns , pawnshop , pawnshops , prawn , prawns , rawness , redrawn , sawn , scrawnier , scrawniest , scrawny , spawn , spawned , spawning , spawns , tawny , withdrawn , yawn , yawned , yawning , yawningly , yawns


Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on short words ending with 'awn'. Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 291 to 300, selecting the words from the Choice Box, noting down answers on a slip of paper.

If you consider it necessary, you can compare your answers with the key: Click.

Your answers need not tally with the key.

CHOICE BOX
awn
brawn
dawn
drawn
fawn
lawn
pawn
prawn
spawn
yawn


291. Is yawn contagious?


292. A prawn prima facie looks like a shrimp.


293. Soldiers are pawns in war games. The warring Presidents later shake hands.


294. A prawn merchant cannot know about lawns.]


295. Young fawns hide in grass when young.


296. Mushroom cultivation involves preparation of spawns.


297. The dawn in a typical householder's life starts with dish washing.


298. True lovers cannot be drawn together just by body secretions.


299. Both brain and brawn are crucial in selecting a life mate.


300. Awns of nature are bristles. But today's live world's AWNS deal with animations.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

#031, QUESTIONS 301 TO 310, Adjectives describing 'neck'

NECK connects the head with the torso. It has a key role in keeping head erect. Neck laces are worn to beautify necks and make humans more presentable. Writers expend a number of words to describe necks while describing the characters and the scenes they create.

Here is a Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test based on Adjectives describing 'neck'.. PL. fill in the blanks in questions 301 to 310 selecting italicised words from the Choice Box, and noting down the answers on a slip of paper.

CHOICE BOX
Attenuated neck
Bare neck
Burnished neck
D-neck
Fine neck
Gold neck
Goose neck
Ivory-skinned neck
Lean neck
Long neck
Low neck
Muscular neck
Narrow neck
Olive neck
Outstretched neck
Rickety neck
Rosy neck
Sinewy neck
Slender neck
Small neck
Stretched neck
Tattooed neck
V-neck


301. She wore a pink scarf around her _____ neck.


302. The Cashier with mighty shoulders and ______ neck greeted me.


303. Her head sits on her __________ neck like an oversized pumpkin.


304. The jewellery shop has a number of mannequins with ____________ necks.


305. The Queen has a _________ neck, shining like pure gold.


306. According to one reckoning, half of New Yorkers have ________ necks.


307. He is attracted by her _____________ neck. But she hates his coppery tanned neck


308. Around the plump and ____ neck, which I remember as shrivelled and sallow, and hidden under a decent lace handkerchief, hangs, in the
picture, a necklace of large ebony beads. [George William Curtis in his 'Prue and I' .]


309. Designing attractive ornaments for _______ necks is not an easy task


310. It is understandable if ____ neck chains and scents fascinate girls. Why should they tempt Martial looking men?


LIST OF WORDS CONTAINING 'NECK<'/th>
bottleneck , bottlenecks , breakneck , neck , neckband , necked , necking , necklace , necklaces , neckline , necklines , necks , necktie , poloneck , redneck , stiffnecked , turtleneck

Thursday, May 8, 2008

#32, QUESTIONS 311 TO 320, Adjectives describing beards

EXPLANATORY NOTE ON 'DESCRIBING THE BEARDS'

"Desde que no hay barba, no hay mas alma."
We have no longer souls since we have lost our beards.
---An ancient Spanish saying., quoted by Charles Mackay.


The most conspicuous part of a male human face is the beard. While the beard of a youth may show freshness and youthfulness, the beard of an old person may look like dry grass or hay. A writer has to make the best use of his opportunity to describe faces, by describing the beards also. Some personalities will be incomplete without their beards. Imagine an Abraham Lincoln or Karl Marx without a beard!

IN THIS TEST
PL. fill in the blanks in questions 311 to 320 selecting the italicised phrases from the Choice Box. If you feel need, you can compare with the key: Click. Your answers need not agree with the key, because choice of words and phrases is always a question of personal preference. The utility of referring to Classic Literature is, we can just know how the Classic Authors wrote in their days.

CHOICE BOX
Black beard
Bristling beard
Brown beard
Bushy beard
Chin beard
Dark beard
Dirty beard
Dishevelled beard
False beard
Fan-shaped beard
Fantastic beard
Foul beard
Grey beard
Grim beard
Grizzled beard
Growing beard
Haggard beard
Handsome beard
Lansquenet beard
Little beard
Long beard
Matted beard
Meager beard
Odorous beard
Ox-tail beard
Patriarchal beard
Perfumed beard
Pointed beard
Red beard
Revolutionary beard
Rope-yarn beard
Scarlet beard
Shaggy beard
Short beard
Slender beard
Snowy beard
Solemn beard
Splashed beard
Stubby beard
Thin beard
Tight beard
Trimmed beard
Unctuous beard
Uncut beard
White beard
Youthful beard


311. One day, when a German bomb burst among them, and they all fell to the ground excepting Colonel Lantz, who had not flinched. He tranquilly settled his glasses upon his nose and wiped off his ________ beard as coolly as he had, not long since, cleaned his India-ink brushes. [Francois Coppee in his book 'Romance of Youth'.]


311. By this time Dorothea had seated herself upon the curate's mule, and the barber had fitted the _______ beard to his face, and they now told Sancho to conduct them to where Don Quixote was, warning him not to say that he knew either the licentiate or the barber, as his master's becoming an emperor entirely depended on his not recognising them. [Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in his 'Don Quixote'].


312. He reminded her of one of Perugino's angels--with a ________ beard. If angels had beards, she thought, without a smile, they would have beards like Gianluca della Spina's, very youthful, scanty, curling, and so fair as to be almost colourless. [F. Marion Crawford in his book 'Taquisara'].


313. Cerberus, cruel monster, fierce and strange, Through his wide threefold throat barks as a dog ... His eyes glare crimson, black his ________ beard, His belly large, and clawed the hands with which
He tears the spirits, flays them, and their limbs Piecemeal disparts. [Rev. E. Cobham Brewer and Dante].


314. "Sooaye, Sooa-a-aye!" he roared. "Make way fer the great
king o' the sea!" I saw the fellow had on a long, _________ beard and a wig to match, while a pair of black wings hung from his shoulders. [T. Jenkins Hains in his 'Mr. Trunnel'].


315. a knock sounded at the door, and a sailor with a _________ beard stood upon the threshold. "You're hanging in the wind, Eumolpus," said he, "as if you didn't know that son-of-a-bitch of a skipper!" [Petronius Arbiter in his 'The Satyrican - Escape by Sea].


316. A full dense beard may indicate a strong masculine personality. A ______ beard may mean a mixed personality.


317. The same types from the army of the East crowded its sidewalks,--English dressed in khaki, Canadians and Australians in hats with up-turned brims, tall, slender Hindoos with coppery complexion and thick __________ beards, Senegalese sharpshooters of a glistening black, and Anammite marksmen with round yellow countenance and eyes forming a triangle.


318. Somerset found himself face to face with one of the most regular of the few who visited Mr. Jones: a man of powerful figure, strong lineaments, and a ____-beard in the American fashion. [R.L. Stevenson and F.G. Stevenson in 'The Dynamiter'.]


319. Our towns were shaken of tall kings
With _______ beards like blood:
The world turned empty where they trod,
They took the kindly cross of God
And cut it up for wood. [G.K. Chesterton in his poem 'The Vision of the King'].


320. On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance. He was a short, square-built old fellow, with thick
bushy hair, and a ________ beard. His dress was of the antique Dutch
fashion: a cloth jerkin strapped round the waist, several pair of breeches,
the outer one of ample volume, decorated with rows of buttons down the
sides, and bunches at the knees. [William H. Elson, Christine Keck in their .

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

#33, QUESTIONS 321 TO 330, Words ending in 'aw'

Three letter words ending in 'aw' are very interesting; many of them are quite commonly used words.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORDS STARTING WITH 'aw'
away from , await , awaited , awaiting , awaits , awake , awaken , awakened , awakening , awakenings , awakens , awakes , awaking , award , awarded , awarding , awards , aware , awareness , awash , away , awe , awed , aweless , awesome , awesomely , awesomeness , awestruck , awful , awfully , awfulness , awhile , awkward , awkwardest , awkwardly , awkwardness , awls , awn , awning , awnings , awoke , awoken , awol , awry.


COMPLETE LIST OF WORDS ENDING WITH 'aw'
braw , brotherinlaw , brothersinlaw , byelaw , bylaw , caperclaw , caw , chainsaw , claw , coleslaw , commonlaw , daughterinlaw , daughtersinlaw , draw , fatherinlaw , fathersinlaw , flaw , forepaw , foresaw , fretsaw , gnaw , guffaw , hacksaw , inlaw , jackdaw , jaw , jigsaw , law , lockjaw , macaw , maw , motherinlaw , mothersinlaw , outlaw , overdraw , oversaw , papaw , parentinlaw , parentsinlaw , paw , pawpaw , raw , redraw , rickshaw , saw , seesaw , shaw , sisterinlaw , sistersinlaw , soninlaw , sonsinlaw , squaw , straw , thaw , warsaw , withdraw , yaw


COMPLETE LIST OF WORDS WITH 'AW' OCCURING IN THE MIDDLE

bawdier , bawdiest , bawdy , bawl , bawled , bawling , bawls , bradawl , brawl , brawled , brawler , brawling , brawls , brawn , brawnier , brawniest , brawny , breakaway , breakaways , byelaws , bylaws , camerawork , caperclaws , caperclawed , caperclawing , caraway , castaway , castaways , cawing , chainsaws , clawed , clawing , claws , crawl , crawled , crawler , crawlers , crawling , crawls , craws , dawdle , dawdled , dawdling , dawn , dawned , dawning , dawns , drawable , drawback , drawbacks , drawbridge , drawbridges , drawcord , drawees , drawer , drawers , drawing , drawings , drawl , drawled , drawling , drawls , drawn , draws , faraway , fawn , fawned , fawning , fawningly , fawns , flawed , flawless , flawlessly , flaws , flyaway , forepaws , fretsaws , gawk , gawking , gawky , gawpin , getaway , giveaway , gnawed , gnawer , gnawers , gnawing , gnaws , guffawed , guffaws , hawaii , hawaiian , hawk , hawked , hawker , hawkers , hawking , hawkish , hawks , hawser , hawsers , hawthorn , hawthorns , hideaway , hideaways , indrawn , inlaws , jackdaws , jawbone , jawbones , jawed , jawing , jawline , jaws , jigsaws , lawabiding , lawbreaker , lawbreakers , lawbreaking , lawful , lawfully , lawfulness , lawless , lawlessness , lawmaker , lawmakers , lawman , lawmen , lawn , lawnmower , lawnmowers , lawns , laws , lawsuit , lawsuits , lawyer , lawyers , longawaited , macaws , malawi , mawkish , mawkishness , megawatt , megawatts , outlawed , outlawing , outlawry , outlaws , overdrawn , papaws , pawed , pawing , pawn , pawnbroker , pawnbrokers , pawned , pawning , pawns , pawnshop , pawnshops , pawpaw , pawpaws , paws , prawn , prawns , rawest , rawness , reawaken , reawakened , reawakening , redrawing , redrawn , redraws , rickshaws , runaway , sawdust , sawed , sawing , sawmill , sawmills , sawn , saws , sawtooth , sawyer , sawyers , scrawl , scrawled , scrawling , scrawls , scrawnier , scrawniest , scrawny , seaward , seawards , seawater , seaweed , seaweeds , seaworthy , seesaws , shawl , shawls , sparrowhawk , spawn , spawned , spawning , spawns , sprawl , sprawled , sprawling , sprawls , squawk , squawked , squawking , squawks , stowaway , straightaway , strawberries , strawberry , strawman , straws , takeaway , takeaways , tawdry , tawny , tearaway , thawed , thawing , thaws , throwaway , tomahawk , tomahawks , trawl , trawled , trawler , trawlers , trawling , trawlnet , trawls , unawakened , unaware , unawareness , unawares , unawed , unflawed , unlawful , unlawfully , unlawfulness , unseaworthiness , withdrawal , withdrawals , withdrawing , withdrawn , withdraws , yawed , yawl , yawls , yawn , yawned , yawning , yawningly , yawns , yaws


Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 321 to 330, selecting the words from the Choice Box.

CHOICE BOX
caw
daw
haw
jaw
law
maw
paw
raw
saw
taw
waw
yaw


321. Successful persons ___ from roof-tops.


322. It appeared as though the whole Florida coast has been swallowed by the ___ of the hurricane.


323. ___ing dolphins make an interesting site.


324. They _aw animal skins to make white stiff leather.


325. The troubled aircraft _awed. The passengers shuddered.


326. The lover tried to _aw the beloved.


327. He laughs suddenly _aw from an eager exulting face, then _aw again, and then, when you are thanking heaven that it is at last over, comes a final _aw, louder than the others. [J.M. Barrie in his book 'The Little White Bird'].


328. Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch;
Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth;
Between two blades, which bears the better temper;
Between two horses, which doth bear him best;
Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye
I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment;
But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,
Good faith, I am no wiser than a _aw. [William Shakespeare in his play 'King Henry VI, Part 1']


329. _awing concrete is hazardous. The Concrete Cutting Industry must take care of personal safety of its workers.


330. A mourner cannot _aw infinitely.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

#34, QUESTIONS 331 TO 340, Three letter words ending with 'o'

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Three letter words play a key role in English. They are very short, crisp and easy to remember, type and use. Hence, I am trying to introduce as many three letter words as possible.

Pl. fill in the blanks in questions 331 to 340, selecting appropriate word from the Choice Box. Pl. note the answers on a slip of paper. If you feel a need, you can compare with the key: Click. Your answers need not tally with the key, because choice of words is a question of personal preferences.

CHOICE BOX
THREE LETTER WORDS ENDING IN 'O'
ado
azo
boo
coo
duo
goo
mho
moo
pro
woo


331. Applauses and ___s are common in electoral campaigns.


332. The President ___ed about his achievements in his eight years of incumbency.


333. Then tell me how to ___ thee, Love;
O tell me how to ___ thee!
For thy dear sake nae care I'll take,
Though ne'er another trow me.
If gay attire delight thine eye
I'll dight me in array;
I'll tend thy chamber door all night,
And squire thee all the day.
If sweetest sounds can win thine ear,
These sounds I'll strive to catch;
Thy voice I'll steal to ___ thyself.
[Burton Egbert Stevenson in his poem 'Cavalier's Song'].


334. There is a fierce debate on the ___s and cons of electing Obama. .


335. Some ___ dyes are used as hair dyes.


336. Why do we make such an ___ about death? What is it, after all, but a sort of refinement of life? She died ten years ago, and yet, as I sat there in the sunny stillness, she was a palpable, audible presence. [Henry James in his book 'The Diary of a man of fifty'].


337. We can no longer hear the ___s of cows in our vicinity as every cow in our village has been sold out to slaughter houses.


338. ___ and Siemens are units of electrical coductivity.


339. The ___ Karl Marx and Friedrich Angeles have an inseparable affinity.


340. Grey ___s are runaway self-replicating machines, in nanotechnological fantastic fiction.

Monday, May 5, 2008

#35 , QUESTIONS 341 TO 350, Three letter words starting with 'A' and ending with 'a'

Three letter words are very short and crisp. They help us to express our ideas briefly.

Here is a vocabulary test based on three letter words starting with 'A' and ending with 'e'. Fill in the blanks in questions 341 to 350, selecting the words from the Choice Box. If you are inclined, you can compare your answers with the key: Click. Your answers need not tally with the key.

CHOICE BOX
Ace
Age
Ale
Ane
Ape
Are
Ave
Awe
Axe
Aye


341. Nobody knows the ___ of the Universe.


342. In Scottish English ___ means one. .


343. Polished men can become naked ____ when they see damsels.


344. But all his mind is bent to holiness,
To number ___-Maries on his beads;
His champions are the prophets and apostles;
His weapons, holy saws of sacred writ;
.


345. The Grand Canyon of Arizona fills our intellect with ___.


346. Ginger ___ is more expensive than beer.


347. In the Putin era, U.S. did not have any ____ to grind against Russia.


348. The Congress voted ___ on the Finance Bill.


349. An "___" measures 10m X 10m. in area.


350. Once a great noisy bee was within an ___ of waking her, but I caught him with inspired dexterity, and he buzzed around her head no more.
[Richard Le Gallienne in 'The Quest of the Golden Girl'.]

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