Words of the Day (Apr 2019) - quiz A

My mother still refuses to use a mobile phone. Thank god she has a ________ I can call.

1. fixed line
2. ground line
3. landline
4. solid line

I didn't really want to buy the car, but the salesman basically ________ it.

1. spoke me in
2. spoke me into
3. talked me in
4. talked me into

He thinks he will just ________ his fingers and everyone will come running to help him.

1. clip
2. dot
3. snap
4. stab

You should scratch the ________ to see if the tree is still alive. If the layer underneath is green, the tree is alive.

1. bark
2. chalk
3. jacket
4. peck

If you want your plants to thrive, use some ________. Especially if you grow them in pots.

1. fertilizer
2. oxidizer
3. strerilizer
4. tranquillizer

If you have ________ pockets, you can go on holiday around the world.

1. capital
2. deep
3. fortune
4. wealthy

Your tomatoes look amazing. I didn't know you had such a green ________.

1. elbow
2. finger
3. thumb
4. wrist

Where do you buy your fruit and ________? – There's a small market just around the corner. I can take you there after lunch if you want.

1. foliage
2. greenery
3. leaves
4. veggies

Martin wants to get rid of his new car and wants to sell it cheap. – Well, I would buy it for two ________ at most.

1. biggies
2. bulks
3. grand
4. grands

He's recently discovered that his ________ came to America in the 1850s.

1. ancestors
2. anchormen
3. descendants
4. escalators