Word Origins and Dictionary Entries

Which of these is the name of a dictionary publisher?

• American Airlines

• Merriam-Webster

• Harvard-Oxford

• Random Mouse

Which of these could be the guide words on the page where you would find an entry in the dictionary for the word “formidable”?

• Aardvark - cable

• Ferocious - file

• Fortress - frost

• Fork - foster

According to the dictionary entry below, how many syllables are in the word”accumulate”?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

According to the dictionary entry below, what part of speech is the word “basin”?

• Verb

• Noun

• Adverb

• Adjective

Which word from this page of the dictionary best describes something charming and fragile?

• Dainty

• Dairy

• Dais

• dale