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Word Quiz 1 (Spring 2022)

This is a quiz to guess which word means what from a list of words, these being words I encountered in the months of Spring 2022 A meaning will be given, and below will be four words, from which you must select the one that corresponds to the aforementioned meaning. And yes, these are all english words, although some are rather obscure.
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Last updated: May 19, 2022
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1. Made up of sand and earth left by rivers, floods.
Alluvial
Parallelopiped
Piscine
Dissolute
2. In terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.
Somnolent
Moribund
Wany
Restive
3. (British English) A large place where people can congregate, such as a hall
Moit
Fenks
Tole
Aula
4. A noisy boisterous band or parade.
Clabber
Contravention
Callithump
Drollery
5. Marked by weakness or decadence
Coterminous
Effete
Calque
Fatuous
6. An association of nations for their mutual benefit.
Comity
Culm
Corollary
Promontory
7. (British English) A flock of pheasants
Hendiadys
Weasand
Nye
Peregrination
8. Relating to the art of placing or arranging buildings or other sites auspiciously.
Teutomaniac
Stochastic
Geomantic
Palatial
9. The use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning, either as a fault of style or for emphasis.
Pleonasm
Mibs
Anality
Dilettantism
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