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as in teases
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
always eager to put everything down, my boyfriend had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in our local theater troupe's latest production
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as in exams
a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence
according to the magazine's marriage quiz, the chances that we'll have a 10th wedding anniversary are just about nil
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as in eccentrics
a person of odd or whimsical habits
even by House of Lords standards, the cross-dressing earl was considered quite a quiz
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as in asks
to put a question or questions to
quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class
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as in questions
to put a series of questions to
hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements
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“Quizzes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quizzes. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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