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Word list #4
etymology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amenable | Adj Agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant (mean bull) |
| Artisan | noun a worker in a skilled craft (art in sand) |
| Astute | Adj quick in discernment, shrewd, clever, keen (suit) |
| Criterion | Noun a standard or rule by which something can be judged (librarian) |
| Cubism | noun a style of art which uses cubes (cubes) |
| Curvilinear | Adj formed, bound, or characterized by curved lines (curvy lines) |
| Defame | verb to libel or slander, to take away a good name (rename) |
| Disperse | verb to scatter in various directions, distribute widely (purse) |
| Dissolution | noun the breaking up into parts;termination of a legal bond or contract (solution) |
| Draconian | Adj Hard or severe, cruel (dracula) |
| Elapse | Verb to pass or go by said of time (collapse) |
| Fetish | noun an object of unreasonable obsessive reverence or attention (british) |
| Forage | verb to search or hunt for food/provision (forest) |
| Gird | verb to encircle as with a belt, to prepare as for action (herd) |
| Guise | noun appearance or semblance (disguise) |
| Karma | noun fate, or destiny; to detect good or bad vibrations for someone/something (harm-a) |
| Lesion | noun wound, injury, especially one created by disease (legion) |
| Misnomer | noun an incorrect or inappropriate name (miss homer) |
| Porcine | Adj a reminiscent of or pertaining to a pig; resembling a pig (poor scene) |
| precarious | adj unsafe, unsteady, unstable (carry us) |
| propulsive | adj tending or having power to propel (propeller) |
| Resurgent | adj a rise after defeat (sergeant) |
| veer | verb to change in direction (pier) |
| Wither | verb dried up, shrunken (weather) |
| Wrest | verb pull away, take by violence (wrist) |
Created by:
c.brett
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