A word that reads the same backwards or forwards is a ____________.
Palindrome
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trap
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rocket
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gift
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banana
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What is the word for a second-year student in high school or college?
Sophomore
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The English language is conventionally divided into three historical periods. In which of these periods did William Shakespeare write his plays?
Middle English
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heart
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shark
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shark
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thief
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An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a name. An eponym is a word derived from the proper name of a person or place. What term is used for a word that's derived from the same root as another word?
Paronym
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baam
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fairy
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baam
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Which of the following is the longest word that appears in a play by William Shakespeare?
Honorificabilitudinitatibus
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S'agapo means "I Love You" in which language?
Greek
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What does "minuscule" mean?
Very Small
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What is the present participle form of hunt?
Hunting
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What did the buffalo say to his son when he left for college?
Bison
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What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?
A Period Or Exclamation Point
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Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
One in four
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Which of these is a hyperbole, The Horse Is Eating or I Could Eat A Horse?