Question

If you wanted to check the meaning of novice in paragraph one, you would use A) a general dictionary B) a medical dictionary C) a dictionary of idioms Eliminate D) a specialized dictionary

Answer 1

A) a general dictionary

The word novice in this particular instance is a general term, which means it is not specialized such as being a medical term nor is it an idiom/figure of speech. It should be noted, however, that sometimes specialized terms and idioms can be defined within a general dictionary, but within a specialized dictionary, the definitions will be quite detailed in close accordance with the field within which the term happens to be a part.

Answer 2

The answer is a because since it is a verb, it is found in a dictionary like Webster’s.