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We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?
The OED says that these words “may be obscure technical terms or terms restricted to occasional historical use”. But do you know their meaning? Take our quiz and find out.
See how many of these 10 questions you can get right. Compiled by Jeremy Engle This word has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The ...
To give you a taste of the competition, we’ve selected eight words that are either tricky to spell or whose meaning is obscure for our own spelling quiz. How well can you do? And before you begi ...