Welcome to our second Definitions quiz.

To start the quiz immediately, select the regular or the quick version.

Get ready for another bracing test of your knowledge, your literacy, your etymological intuition and your luck. The words whose definitions are the subject of this quiz could not for the most part be considered essential for daily use, but not all are utterly obscure. Rate yourself as follows: 9-10 Expert, 7-8 Good, 5-6 Average, 4 or less... Well, you get the idea. By the way, if you haven’t yet tried our first Definitions Quiz, under the portrait of Dr. Johnson himself, be sure to make some time for it as well.

Still Life of Books, by Jan Davidsz de Heem
Thanks to ARC: Art Renewal Center.

So, settle back and...