Words of the Day (Jul 2018) - quiz A

Please ________ your jacket, Steve. It's freezing out here. – Oh mom, don't worry. I'm not that cold.

1. do up
2. make up
3. put up
4. take up

It was a really hot day, so I had a glass of cold lemonade and ________ my thirst.

1. blew out
2. extinguished
3. put out
4. quenched

ASAP is the ________ of ‘as soon as possible’. I'm surprised you didn't know that.

1. abbreviation
2. short
3. shortcut
4. summary

My mother never wanted to grow vegetables, only flowers. But this spring she established a lovely vegetable ________ in the corner of our garden.

1. bed
2. board
3. floor
4. table

Some people think that a ________ is the female of a pigeon, but it's not true.

1. dove
2. magpie
3. sparrow
4. swallow

The journey home was terrible yesterday. The train was ________ and I had to stand.

1. bulky
2. packed
3. stuffed
4. topped

I found a ________ on my leg after running this morning. Do you know how to get it out?

1. flea
2. louse
3. mite
4. tick

My uncle ran up massive debts borrowing from loan ________. They will happily lend you money, but the interest rates are extremely high.

1. bears
2. dragons
3. lions
4. sharks

________ willows are beautiful deciduous trees that can grow up to 25 metres.

1. Crying
2. Funeral
3. Mourning
4. Weeping

Look at the receipt. The lady at the ________ overcharged me again.

1. bill
2. dill
3. fill
4. till