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Speed and challenge! Set 3
A variety of free English study exercises for students of English

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Pick the answer which you feel is best. There are hints for some questions, and many have comments with the answers. This version is low tech (for those who prefer not to use JavaScript!). Please use a pencil and paper to record your right and wrong answers.


1) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a large animal, now extinct, with a name meaning terrible lizard.

2) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a word formed with the lips.

3) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: in the literal sense, to exercise in the nude, but now rarely done that way.

4) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: the process or skill of reading secret writings and codes.

5) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: hatred of women.

6) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a list of books on the same subject.

7) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: good eyesight at night.

8) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: good death, or mercy killing.

9) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a math system based on 16.

10) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a polygon with 8 sides.

11) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a pen name or fictitious name used by an author.

12) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a kind of rock formed from lava.

13) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

14) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a fast heartbeat.

15) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: able to use both hands with the same skill.

16) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: a one wheeled non-motorized vehicle.

17) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: the branch of medicine dealing with old age.

18) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: the act of splitting into parts, as in the atom or asexual reproduction.

19) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: the branch of biology dealing with animals.

20) Which word from Greek and/or Latin means: fear or dislike of foreigners or aliens.



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