We’ve tracked down some strange words and assembled them into a vocabulary quiz that will have you scrambling for a dictionary.* Your job is to match the weird word with its weirder definition. Avoid the fimblefamble (phony answers) and this little quiz ought to be a breeze.

*Unfortunately, you probably won’t find these words in a dictionary. Ask your librarian to lend you a copy of Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words.

1. MASCHALEPHIDROSIS
Drinking milk or juice directly from the container
Massive sweating of the armpits
An allergic reaction to music
Inability to sleep standing up

2. YEULING
A baby horse
Digging a hole with a flattened stone
Walking around fruit trees praying for a good crop
Adding intense spices to common bread

3. KNEIPPISM
Treating a disease by walking barefoot on grass
The act of painting yourself into a corner
Playing with your food
Having no interest whatsoever in the weather

4. FLEWS
Checkers that are removed from a game
The tiny plastic size-adjustment snaps on a baseball cap
Dark circles that form under the eyes when tired
The hanging upper lips of bloodhounds

5. ASSANKA
A European hat with ear flaps
A chair made entirely of pine cones
Someone who grows vegetables
One followed by thirty-six zeroes

6. FLETCHERISM
Pretending not to hear authority figures
Ridiculously thorough chewing
Holding your breath until you get your way
Purposely wearing clothes that don't match

7. HAPTODYSPHORIA
A dizzy feeling you get from watching too many cartoons
A tremendous fear of shocks that come from walking on shag carpeting
An unpleasant sensation felt when touching peaches
Extreme happiness that follows eating your dessert

8. DIBBLE
To drink like a duck
Accidentally dribbling a basketball off of your foot
The exact moment a raindrop becomes part of a puddle
A snack food made from baby elephant trunks

9. LAPTEA
A small pocket in a horse saddle used for carrying coins
The fragile filament in an incandescent light bulb
The child seat in a shopping cart
A crowded tea party where guests are forced to sit in each other's laps

10. SCREEVE
Someone who draws pictures on sidewalks for charity
A king's note-taker
A nearsighted member of the rodent family
Eraser fragments that are left on a page after use



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