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Etymology - 4 (Eponyms and Toponyms)

Etymology - Eponyms & Toponyms (Difficult)

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Extravagantly chivalrous or foolishly idealistic

  1. Quack
  2. Quixotic
  3. Quisling
  4. Pyrrhic
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Small broken stones used in making roads

  1. Gravels
  2. Macadam
  3. Asphalt
  4. Bitumen
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

An instrument for beheading by means of a heavy blade dropped between two grooved uprights

  1. Decapitate
  2. Guillotine
  3. Gascon
  4. Quisling
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Cunning

  1. Frankenstein
  2. Draconian
  3. Machiavellian
  4. Parthian
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

A traitor

  1. Hitler
  2. Aristocrat
  3. Quisling
  4. Zephyr
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Strict disciplinarian or stickler for rigid regulations

  1. Mandarin
  2. Martinet
  3. Melodeon
  4. Machiavellian
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Effusively or tearfully sentimental

  1. Mawkish
  2. Insipid
  3. Soppy
  4. Maudlin
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Used to describe any work, law, or organization that is excessively complex or difficult to understand

  1. Bizarre
  2. Byzantine
  3. Mosaic
  4. Labyrinthine
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Any great, decisive battle

  1. Marathon
  2. Salamis
  3. Blitzkrieg
  4. Armageddon
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Incorrect or ungrammatical usage of language

  1. Narcissism
  2. Curmudgeon
  3. Solecism
  4. Jejune
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