5 Global contact and language enrichment

Question 1

Amber

Answer 1

yellowy-orange precious stone

Question 2

Borrowings

Answer 2

When one language takes words from another, new items are called this

Question 3

Cot

Answer 3

child’s bed with high vertical sides

Question 4

Enrich

Answer 4

make richer

Question 5

Gimmick

Answer 5

frivolous way of attracting attention

Question 6

Hammock

Answer 6

net hung and used as a bed

Question 7

Hara-kiri

Answer 7

type of ceremonial suicide

Question 8

Intelligentsia

Answer 8

social class of intellectuals

Question 9

Lexicons

Answer 9

vocabulary

Question 10

Linguistic consequences

Answer 10

results affecting languages

Question 11

Loan words

Answer 11

When one language takes words from another, new items are called this

Question 12

Mumps

Answer 12

a childhood illness

Question 13

Of classical origin

Answer 13

from ancient Latin or Greek

Question 14

Palaver

Answer 14

unnecessary trouble

Question 15

Roster

Answer 15

list of people’s turns for jobs

Question 16

Sources

Answer 16

where something comes from

Question 17

Tabby

Answer 17

female or stripy cat

Question 18

Tonic

Answer 18

medicine to make you feel more lively

Question 19

Turban

Answer 19

type of men’s headwear

Question 20

Wordstock

Answer 20

set of words