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Take the Roget challenge

The world?s most famous thesaurus celebrates 150 years.

With over thirty-five thousand words, phrases and definitions, the 150th anniversary edition of Roget?s Thesaurus is the essential creative writing tool. Test your knowledge of the English language by taking our special Roget?s anniversary quiz.
1) What is another name sometimes given to Roget's Thesaurus?
The writers? Folly

The writers? Bible

The writers? Mate

2) What is a Tegestologist?
A beer-mat collector

A test advisor

A scientist

3) Which of these is famously known as being serially monogamous?
Mick Jagger

Elizabeth Taylor

Hugh Grant

4) Who is well-known for writing lad lit?
Elmore Leonard

Toby Litt

Antony Beevor

5) An arabesque is a form of?
Decoration

Fragrance

Flavouring

6) Which of the following is not a form of interment?
Sepulture

Cremation

Ingress

7) Approbation is a form of?
Approval

Disapproval

Censorship

8) Cachinnation is a form of?
Religious ceremony

Laughter

Pottery making

9) Which of the following is not a malediction?
A malison

An execration

An irredentism

10) To be euhemeristic is to be?
Praiseworthy

Non-religious

Generous
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