A bicycle for two or more people
Answer: D
It is a tandem.
A tandem is a bicycle for two or more riders one behind another. The word is Latin for at length, applied jokingly to horses harnessed in single file.
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A decorative ring of flowers and leaves.
Answer: D
It is a wreath.
A wreath is a ring of flowers and leaves. To wreathe is the verb, to writhe is to twist in pain and wrath is anger - four words close in sound and quite distinct.
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That which cannot be corrected.
Answer: D
It is incorrigible.
Incorrigible means beyond correction, from the Latin corrigere, to correct. Illegible means unreadable, indelible means impossible to erase, and unintelligible means impossible to understand.
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A brief or short stay at a place.
Answer: B
It is a sojourn.
A sojourn is a temporary stay, from the Old French for spending the day. A halt is a stop on a journey, and an interlude and an intermission are breaks in a performance.
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A person who regards the whole world as his country.
Answer: C
It is a cosmopolitan.
A cosmopolitan is a citizen of the world, from the Greek kosmos and polites. A patriot and a nationalist are attached to one country; metropolitan means belonging to a large city.
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A principle or standard by which anything is judged
Answer: A
It is a criterion.
A criterion is a standard by which something is judged, from the Greek krites, a judge. Its plural is criteria. A postulate is something assumed for the sake of argument.
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A speech designed to incite action
Answer: D
It is an exhortation.
An exhortation urges its hearers to act, from the Latin hortari, to encourage. A rodomontade is empty boasting and an ingrate is an ungrateful person.
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A state in which a few govern the many.
Answer: B
It is oligarchy.
Oligarchy is rule by a few, from the Greek oligos, few. Monarchy is rule by one, autocracy is rule by one with absolute power, and plutocracy is rule by the wealthy.
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He always makes so much noise when he _______.
Answer: A
It is chews.
Chews is the verb the sentence needs, agreeing with the singular he. Choose is the base form and would need an auxiliary; the two are pronounced alike.
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A small room in a large house, hotel or ship where glasses, dishes, spoons and food are kept.
Answer: B
It is a pantry.
A pantry stores food and the utensils for serving it, from the French pain, bread. A portico is a covered entrance with columns and a mezzanine a low storey between two others.
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