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Tutor Vocabulary Quiz - World Book Day Special
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Last updated: March 4, 2020
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Literature (noun) lit - er - ah - tchure
Important books
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Paper
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From the Latin for 'letters'. Literature is quite literally the 'letters' (writings) of brilliant minds.
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Linguistics (noun) ling - gwis - ticks
The study of language
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The study of books
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In Latin the word for tongue is literally 'lingua'
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Riveting (adj) rih - vet - ing
Full of plot twists
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Compelling, engrossing
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The French root "rivet" literally means river.
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Evocative (adj) eev - ok - ah - tive
Evolves slowly
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Builds strong images in the mind
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Tedious (adj) tee - dee - us
Exciting, fast-paced
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Long, slow and dull
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Captivating (adj) cap - tih - vayt - ing
Holds your interest
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You have to read it because of English lessons
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As in 'taken captive'
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Bibliomania (noun) bib - lee - oh - mayne - ee - uh
An obsession with books / reading
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A hatred of books / reading
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The best word for the second option is just 'laziness.'
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Classic (noun) class - ik
Something that old people like and remember from childhood
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Judged over a period of time to be important / high quality
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Author surrogate (noun) suh - roe - gayte
A character that the author always uses, like Sherlock Holmes for Arthur Conan Doyle
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When the main character is directly based on the author
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Tsundoku (noun) sun - doe - koo
The state of letting books pile up without ever reading them.
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The satisfying feeling after having finished a book.
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This word is obviously Japanese, but I threw it in for fun. I personally wish there were a word for the second option.
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