Entry Word: quiz

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another <always eager to put everything down, my sister had to be a quiz and make fun of the actors and costumes in the school play> — see tormentor
2 a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence <did well on the surprise quiz in history> — see examination 1