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  • What is the meaning of the prefix poly?
    Many
  • Which of these is a hyperbole, The Horse Is Eating or I Could Eat A Horse?
    I Could Eat A Horse
  • What did the buffalo say to his son when he left for college?
    Bison
  • S'agapo means "I Love You" in which language?
    Greek
  • What is the present participle form of hunt?
    Hunting
  • Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
    Okay
  • In approximately how many countries does the English language have official or special status?
    75
  • The English language is conventionally divided into three historical periods. In which of these periods did William Shakespeare write his plays?
    Middle English
  • What does "minuscule" mean?
    Very Small
  • A word that reads the same backwards or forwards is a ____________.
    Palindrome
  • The word "hotel" originated in which language?
    French
  • What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?
    A Period Or Exclamation Point
  • Someone who studies butterflies is known as a ________________.
    Lepidopterist
  • How many words are in the lexicon of Basic English?
    850
  • What literary term means a word that has a similar meaning to another word?
    Synonym
  • What is the meaning of the prefix geo?
    Earth
  • Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
    India
  • Which of the following is the longest word that appears in a play by William Shakespeare?
    Honorificabilitudinitatibus
  • What is the word for a second-year student in high school or college?
    Sophomore
  • Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
    One in four
  • 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