Acro Words Quiz #2

Choose one answer for each number that correctly matches the definitions or statements in the questions. When you click on the Calculate your score button, you will receive a score and, if you choose any incorrect answers, you will also be told which questions have the wrong responses (including those that were left unanswered).


1. A word formed from the first (or first few) letters of a series of words.
(a) acronyx (b) acropachy (c) acropathy (d) acronym
(e) acronych

2. A number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which particular letters, e.g., the first, in each line spell a word or phrase.
(a) acroter (b) acrotic (c) acrostic (d) acrotropism
(e) acronical

3. In-grown fingernail or toenail.
(a) acropachia (b) acro-osteolysis (c) acronyx (d) acroparalysis
(e) acropathy

4. A plant growing at a high altitude; an alpine plant.
(a) acropodium (b) acrophyte (c) acropleustophyte (d) acropolis
(e) acrosarc

5. Painful inflammation of the bones of the hands and feet.
(a) acrostical (b) acrostichoid (c) acroteleutic (d) acropathy
(e) acrostealgia

6. A disease marked by attacks of tingling, numbness, and stiffness in the extremities, chiefly the fingers, hands, and forearms.
(a) acroparalysis (b) acroparesthesia (c) acropachyderma
(d) acronychous (e) acrophobia

7. A city at the top or on a hill.
(a) acrosome (b) acropodium (c) acropolis (d) acrospire
(e) acrosticism

8. Absence or imperceptibility of the pulse.
(a) pachyacria (b) acrosticism (c) acrostichoid (d) acrotism
(e) acrotropism

9. The sound of the initial or beginning of a word or an image representing a word.
(a) acrophyte (b) acropathy (c) acrosclerosis (d) acroscopic
(e) acrophony

10. Happening at sunset, as the rising of a star.
(a) acropachy (b) acropetal (c) acropustulosis (d) acronycal
(e) acroscopic


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