1. A wayfarer is…
    (a) a traffic warden
    (b) someone who eats on the street
    (c) someone who travels on foot
    (d) an agnostic
  2. Over one eye he wore a
    (a) clot
    (b) pat
    (c) patch
    (d) pouch
  3. She insisted that her husband was taking her for
    (a) crafty
    (b) granted
    (c) granite
    (d) cranky
  4. “You are trying to … the question”
    (a) avoid
    (b) evict
    (c) fuse
    (d) evade
  5. The dog …at the baby
    (a) sneered
    (b) snapped
    (c) stammered
    (d) gasped
  6. Beer is stored in
    (a) caskets
    (b) cradles
    (c) cranks
    (d) barrels
    (e) cruets
  7. “The door was bolted” means…
    (a) The door was fastened with a bolt
    (b) The door was struck by lightning
    (c) The door was knocked down
    (d) They ran away as soon as they reached the door
  8. They had no … but to employ her
    (a) expectancy
    (b) selection
    (c) notion
    (d) option
  9. Which of these is not a colour?
    (a) puce
    (b) vermilion
    (c) ruffian
    (d) ochre
  10. We eventually… him into joining us
    (a) croaked
    (b) griddled
    (c) riddled
    (d) coaxed
    (e) hoaxed




    Answers: 1 (c); 2 (c); 3 (b); 4 (d); 5 (b); 6 (d); 7 (a); 8 (d); 9 (c); 10 (d)

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