The British spelling is euthanise, but euthanize is also widely accepted. Euthanase, on the other hand is not a word in Britain or the USA. It is an Australian variant according to Collins Dictionary.
I knew someone would make a comment along these lines. -ize is British English as much as -ise is. Look up Oxford English, it's the style employed by the Oxford University Press (who publish the OED) and it is still used by plenty of British publishers and a few newspapers in the UK.
Fraternize means to mingle with, associate with. Since when has it become a synonym for befriending the enemy? - I thought that the term for that would be treason.
You never heard of fraternizing with the enemy? I ve heard it when I was quite young, in fact that might be when I first heard of the word and learned the word fraternize. And I m not even from an english speaking country.
That's the point. You have to add "with the enemy" for it to have that meaning. So while that is a common contonation, the word by itself just means 'befriending'.
It took me a minute, but I got it. Many Christian denominations practice baptism, but most Protestants don't use holy water or believe that baptism removes original sin.
Yep, agreed. I thought the answer had to be specific to acts relevant to morality. But you could just as easily use rationalisation to justify an apparently irrational act, with no moral dimension whatsoever. Clue is misleading.
Rationalize just means to justify something, not necessarily something immoral ("I couldn't rationalize my decision to start dancing in the park.")
Fraternize just means to associate with in a friendly way, not necessarily with the enemy ("The party was an opportunity to fraternize with other influential local businesspeople.")
Didn't know that Euthanize was the alternative form of Euthanase
Great quiz!
1) To stall for time
2) To polish a car (US-specific, I believe)
Anyone?
Rationalize just means to justify something, not necessarily something immoral ("I couldn't rationalize my decision to start dancing in the park.")
Fraternize just means to associate with in a friendly way, not necessarily with the enemy ("The party was an opportunity to fraternize with other influential local businesspeople.")