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Tutor Vocabulary Quiz - World Book Day Special

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1. Literature (noun) lit - er - ah - tchure
Important books ✓
Paper ✓
From the Latin for 'letters'. Literature is quite literally the 'letters' (writings) of brilliant minds.
2. Linguistics (noun) ling - gwis - ticks
The study of language ✓
The study of books ✓
In Latin the word for tongue is literally 'lingua'
3. Riveting (adj) rih - vet - ing
Full of plot twists ✓
Compelling, engrossing ✓
The French root "rivet" literally means river.
4. Evocative (adj) eev - ok - ah - tive
Evolves slowly ✓
Builds strong images in the mind ✓
5. Tedious (adj) tee - dee - us
Exciting, fast-paced ✓
Long, slow and dull ✓
6. Captivating (adj) cap - tih - vayt - ing
Holds your interest ✓
You have to read it because of English lessons ✓
As in 'taken captive'
7. Bibliomania (noun) bib - lee - oh - mayne - ee - uh
An obsession with books / reading ✓
A hatred of books / reading ✓
The best word for the second option is just 'laziness.'
8. Classic (noun) class - ik
Something that old people like and remember from childhood ✓
Judged over a period of time to be important / high quality ✓
9. Author surrogate (noun) suh - roe - gayte
A character that the author always uses, like Sherlock Holmes for Arthur Conan Doyle ✓
When the main character is directly based on the author ✓
10. Tsundoku (noun) sun - doe - koo
The state of letting books pile up without ever reading them. ✓
The satisfying feeling after having finished a book. ✓
This word is obviously Japanese, but I threw it in for fun. I personally wish there were a word for the second option.
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