Vocabulary Quiz

What is the term for a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force?

• Dilettante

• Dermatologist

• Detective

• Dictator

What is the term for the scientific study of skin diseases?

• Dipsomania

• Disaster

• Dilemma

• Dermatology

What is the term for a heavy round plate of metal thrown by an athlete?

• Diagnosis

• Discus

• Dirge

• Dictionary

What is the term for a book giving meaning of various words?

• Dictatorial

• Diffuse

• Directory

• Disgraceful

What is the term for a person without money, food and other things necessary for life?

• Diatribe

• Destitute

• Dexterous

• Deterrence

What is the term for showing care and effort in your work / duties?

• Dilettante

• Diligent

• Dipsomania

• Directory

What is the term for a song sung in the past at a funeral or for a dead person?

• Dictator

• Dirge

• Disaster

• Discus

What is the term for the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences?

• Deterrence

• Disaster

• Dipsomania

• Dilemma

What is the term for a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region?

• Dialect

• Diagnosis

• Dictatorial

• Dictionary

What is the term for a doctor who studies and treats skin diseases?

• Dermatologist

• Detective

• Diligent

• Dilettante