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QUIZZES

Do you remember all the words from last week, September 21–27, 2020? Then this quiz should be butyraceous.

Question 1 of 7

What does “yare” mean?

First recorded in 1825–35

The sudden turning of the door-handle, and a quick step upon the threshold, aroused her.
A Bride from the Bush|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Taking advantage of a second when Lupin had turned away from him, he suddenly wheeled round and grasped the door-handle.
The Confessions of Arsne Lupin|Maurice Leblanc
There was a furious rattling at the door-handle, from the outside, followed by violent ringing.
True and Other Stories|George Parsons Lathrop
There was a sound without, not of the footman struggling with dishes and plates and the door-handle, but of middle-aged voices.
The Invader|Margaret L. Woods

They caught Toler just as the skirts of his coat had become so entangled in a door-handle that they were torn completely off.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877|Various