quiz
1. rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Your answer: scamper

2. extreme distress of body or mind

Your answer: anguish

3. do away with

Your answer: lipoma

lipoma means "a tumor consisting of fatty tissue"

The correct answer was rid of

4. discuss, as between enemies

Your answer: snort

snort means "inhale recreational drugs"

The correct answer was parley

5. giving money or food or clothing to a needy person

Your answer: handout

6. beat the seeds out of a grain

Your answer: thresh

7. an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

Your answer: campaign

8. informal terms for a mother

Your answer: momma

9. the wife of a reigning king

Your answer: skirt chaser

skirt chaser means "a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women"

The correct answer was queen consort

10. institute, enact, or establish

Your answer: lay down

11. a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age

Your answer: lunula

12. a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions

Your answer: hairsplitter

13. a gazebo sited to command a fine view

Your answer: belvedere

14. footwear usually with wooden soles

Your answer: sabot

15. gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

Your answer: spout

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