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Vocabulary - Tile Select

Are you a person of culture or a simple brute? For each of these categories, select all of the words that apply.
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First submittedMay 23, 2021
Times taken12,346
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Rating4.22
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Question 1 of 5
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Words sometimes used to refer to a color
Heather
Sepia
Fulsome
Portly
Paisley
Asinine
Flaxen
Semaphore
Ochre
Cerulean
Chartreuse
Mangy
YES
NO
Question 2 of 5
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Things you eat
Chèvre
Carpaccio
Compote
Marrakesh
Pachinko
Forchette
Wushu
Samovar
Romanesco
Roccoco
Ragout
Vindaloo
YES
NO
Question 3 of 5
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Words that describe something good or positive
Jubilant
Groovy
Ignoble
Halcyon
Ramshackle
Sublime
Abominable
Congenial
Felicitous
Repugnant
Paltry
Craven
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NO
Question 4 of 5
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Words that refer to a physical object
Moniker
Carabiner
Chalice
Halal
Sabbatical
Aiglet
Animus
Adze
Obelisk
Jeremiad
Occult
Bier
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NO
Question 5 of 5
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Things you wear
Elegy
Peccadillo
Cuneiform
Cravat
Cummerbund
Tunic
Dashiki
Bassoon
Jodhpurs
Rubric
Tiara
Bismuth
YES
NO
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36 Comments
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 91
May 23, 2021
I never thought of watching dry ice as positive.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 23, 2021
The more you know.
Ears
+3
Level 91
May 23, 2021
You'll take some flack from the British attempters of this quiz. Re words for food, vindaloo is an OK answer but madras isn't. Although the former only refers to food (from the Portuguese for wine and garlic), so too, in UK Indian restaurants, does Madras (from the place formerly known as....). Indeed these two curries are often grouped together, being regarded as similar but 'very hot' and 'extra hot'.

Fun quiz.

oxfordian
+1
Level 72
May 23, 2021
Quite right. Good quiz but you can certainly eat a Madras in most Indian restaurants in the UK.
Stewart
+2
Level 68
May 23, 2021
Yeah Madras is the name of a curry here in the UK. Example recipe
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 23, 2021
Good to know. Replaced that with Pachinko.
potofdirt
+1
Level 66
Jun 28, 2021
What food is Pachinko? I only know it as the japanese gambling game. Doesn't come up on google as a food either
tcookiem
+1
Level 60
Jul 21, 2021
Pachinko is not a food
phalocrocorax
+3
Level 83
May 24, 2021
I think "brazen", meaning "like brass", can refer to a colour (even though that is no longer the primary meaning).
JackBeNimble
+2
Level 82
May 24, 2021
Agreed. As with golden, flaxen, etc. Her brazen curls glinted in the sun.
plattitude
+2
Level 95
May 24, 2021
+1. Longman includes the definition "having a shiny yellow colour" and Webster says "of the color of polished brass."
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 24, 2021
I suppose you are right even though that meaning is now archaic. Removed that as a possible choice.
EcceHomo
+4
Level 83
May 24, 2021
How is 'heather' a colour? In the Dulux paint range maybe, but then so is bubblegum, watermelon, lemonade, ballet slipper...
Ardennes
+1
Level 84
May 24, 2021
Heather gray is what I thought of.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
May 24, 2021
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heather

A purple colour with a tint of pink and blue.

 

EcceHomo
+1
Level 83
Feb 28, 2025
Sorry QM. It took me some time to do the following research :)

It's no more a colo(u)r than rose. It's subjective.

Also from the internet;

Heather is a light pastel shade of Sky Blue. It belongs to the color family Pastel Sky Blue, and it has high lightness and low saturation. Heather is a pastel color. Heather is a cool color.

https://colors.artyclick.com/color-names-dictionary/color-names/heather-color#google_vignette

sumokitty
+1
Level 84
Jun 25, 2021
Like the color of heather flowers. Similar to lilac or lavender.
JonOfKent
+2
Level 58
Jan 20, 2022
Yes, I agree. Practically any single-colour flower could be a colour. "I've done my bathroom in a pleasant shade of buttercup"

Hmm.

mf3
+1
Level 89
May 26, 2021
This is kinda bizarre, I haven't seen this happen before. I've taken this quiz 3 times. Each time I have selected "Paisley" as a color, and each time I'm scored it claims I didn't select it. What's going on???
RobNobody
+9
Level 79
May 28, 2021
It's not saying you didn't select it, it's saying it's a wrong answer.
jennraven
+3
Level 67
Jun 26, 2021
Paisley is a pattern, not a color.
DeeB
+2
Level 60
Jun 8, 2021
Baffled how 93% of people know what 'jeremiad' means!
Zenelle
+4
Level 48
Jun 24, 2021
To be fair, I got that one right by chance... I have no clue what it means so decided not to select it xD
gzx5
+1
Level 73
Jun 24, 2021
Good quiz. That being said, having culture isn't just about booksmarts it's also about being in touch with your own ethnic culture.
tdl
+1
Level 52
Jun 24, 2021
i thought animus was a physical object but maybe i've just been playing too much assassin's creed
Somequiztaker
+1
Level 79
Jun 24, 2021
Came here to argue the same point
Ctrling
+1
Level 46
Jun 24, 2021
Hahaha cuneiform. Creative answer
OddestEver
+1
Level 45
Jun 25, 2021
A jeremiad can be a literary work, which obviously is an object.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 58
Jan 20, 2022
I'm not sure it is... the book that holds it is, but that doesn't mean the thing itself is a concrete object, any more than a speech or a radio programme is.
busby
+1
Level 65
Jun 26, 2021
I eat apple compote , it's a posh name for stewed apples. Nice, with glass of chartreuse.
Pokebom
+2
Level 56
Jun 30, 2021
I am happy to score 48 out of 60 as a non-English native speaker :)
Sifhraven
+1
Level 73
Mar 28, 2024
54 :) All my wrong ones were ones I didn't choose but I was supposed to. I thought like a similar quiz ( but sneakily not mentioning it) this would have 5 right answers each, seems to sort of fit with what I was sure of. So if I wasn't sure I left it out.

For several of those 6 I doubted, most heavily with heather. But never would have choosen bier. i have to look it up now. Surprising I have never heard of it, since bier=beer in dutch. And it has come up more often, because beer=bear.

Jared0309
+1
Level 78
Oct 7, 2021
Maybe use aglet instead of aiglet? Aglet is a much more common spelling of the word, I had no idea an aiglet was even the same thing, but everyone that's watched Phineas and Ferb knows what an aglet is
Catlupo
+1
Level 82
Oct 29, 2022
There is actually a kind of cookie called 'Roccoco' that they eat in Naples, Italy at the Christmas holidays. Obviously I didn't select it because I knew most people don't know this. But technically it should be an acceptable answer for the question about things you can eat.
XYU
+1
Level 61
Jul 15, 2024
I wear a hat made of bismuth, I’ll have ya know
admaioremdeietc
+1
Level 67
Jan 15, 2025
I've often heard mangy used to describe grayish colors in literature. I know it's not a color, but neither are some of the other answers.
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