Chpt. 13

Question 1

ἄκανθα, ἡ

Answer 1

thorn (14)

Ah cancer is the thorn in my flesh.

Question 2

ἀκοή, ἡ

Answer 2

hearing, report, ear (24)

“Boys, are you hearing me?” “Ahkay, Mom!”

Question 3

ἀλλότριος

Answer 3

strange, foreign (14)

A lottery is a strange way to structure your foreign policy.

Question 4

ἀµφότεροι

Answer 4

both, all (14)

“I’m fatter, oy!” “No, I am.” “You’re both fatter than all the Baptist fathers.”

Question 5

ἀναγγέλλω

Answer 5

I report, announce, proclaim (14)
On a guillotine platform, I proclaim my innocence to the executioner, but there is not announce [an ounce] of mercy, he reports my guilt and drops the blade. [same mnemonic as ἀπαγγέλλω]

Question 6

ἀνάκειµαι

Answer 6

I lie, recline (14)

I knock my head on the table. I think I will lie on the floor for a while.

Question 7

ἀνάστασις, -εως, ἡ

Answer 7

resurrection (42)

Anastasia is named after the resurrection.

Question 8

ἀπειθέω

Answer 8

I disobey (14)
You must by A Bathing Ape. It’s so expensive, so I disobey and buy OBEY.

I have general apathy toward the rules, so I disobey them.

Question 9

ἀτενίζω

Answer 9

I look intently (14)

I look intently at her and ask, “Are you from Nashville? Because A ten is all I see.”

Question 10

αὔριον

Answer 10

tomorrow, soon (14)

Orion will begin appearing in the night sky again tomorrow.

Question 11

ἀφίστηµι

Answer 11

I mislead, go away, fall away (14)

I wish that Office Tammy would go away, she is annoying.

Question 12

γράµµα, -ατος, τό

Answer 12

letter (of alphabet), document (14)

Study the first chapter of your gramma well to learn all letters of the alphabet.

Question 13

διαλογισµός, ὁ

Answer 13

thought, opinion, dispute (14)

A dialogue is most helpful to share competing thoughts in a dispute.

Question 14

ἕκτος

Answer 14

sixth (14)

This is Hector’s sixth beer; someone should cut him off.

Question 15

ἐλάχιστος

Answer 15

smallest, least, insignificant (14)

I lick his toes! I think he said to be least we must wash each other’s feet.

Question 16

ἐπεί

Answer 16

because, since, for (25)

Up high! I leave him hanging because I don’t touch other hands since COVID.

Question 17

ἐπιτρέπω

Answer 17

I allow, permit (18)

If you rearrange the letters in permit you can almost get epitrepo.

Question 18

ἐπουράνιος

Answer 18

heavenly, in heaven (19)

Ah poo! Rainiest day, water coming down from the heavenly.

Question 19

κρίµα, -ατος, τό

Answer 19

judging, judgment (27)

Crime deserves judgment.

Question 20

νήπιος, ὁ

Answer 20

infant, child (15)

If a nursing infant nip ya’s… you want to cry like a child.

Question 21

ὀφείλω

Answer 21

I owe, ought (35)

You owe me a game of Othello. You ought to call it Reversi.

Question 22

ὀψία

Answer 22

late, evening (15)

Oops ya look at the time! It is late in the evening.

Question 23

παρθένος, ἡ/ὁ

Answer 23

virgin (15)

The parthenon got its name possibly because it housed virgins.

Question 24

παύω

Answer 24

I stop, cease (15)

Pow! yo stopped in your tracks and the fight ceases. One punch from Francis Ngannou and lights out.

Question 25

πέτρα, ἡ

Answer 25

rock, stone (15)

Petra is known for its structures carved in rock.

Question 26

ποτίζω

Answer 26

I water, give to drink (15)

I bring my watering pot to each zone and I water my plants.

Question 27

προλέγω

Answer 27

I tell beforehand (15)

The prologue is what the author tells you beforehand.

Question 28

πώς

Answer 28

somehow, perhaps (15)

If I propose, somehow perhaps, she may say yes.

Question 29

ῥαββί

Answer 29

rabbi, master, teacher (15)

Rabbi is a transliteration of this word.

Question 30

σαλεύω

Answer 30

I shake (15)
Salut! Salut! Oh I must shake your hand!

Salute your officer, don’t shake his hand.

Question 31

Σαῦλος, ὁ

Answer 31

Saul (15)

Saul is a transliteration of this name.

Question 32

σκάνδαλον, τό

Answer 32

stumbling block, trap, temptation (15)

Bill Clinton could not resist temptation, so we had a scandal on our hands.

Question 33

συµφέρω

Answer 33

I bring together (15)

The symphony brings together sounds across the full orchestra.

Question 34

σφραγίζω

Answer 34

I seal, mark, certify (15)

If you kiss this frog as your true love, it will seal his fate as a prince.

Question 35

ταχέως

Answer 35

quickly, soon, hastily (15)

You better pay your taxes quickly, or you may face penalty.

Question 36

τέλειος

Answer 36

perfect, complete, mature, adult (19)

Are you telling us to be an adult you should be mature?

Question 37

τράπεζα, ἡ

Answer 37

table, meal, food (15)
A trapeze forms a rectangle like a table.

The trapeze artists swung to the table, taking a bite of food, before gravity swung them back!

[tra - four + ped – foot = table]

Question 38

ὑπακοή, ἡ

Answer 38

obedience (15)

The hypochondriac exercised full obedience to the CDC’s recommendations.

Question 39

χόρτος, ὁ

Answer 39

grass, hay (15)

You must cut ya’s grass often, or it will grow like hay!

Question 40

ὠφελέω

Answer 40

I help, aid, benefit (15)

Oh fair [lady] let yo’ hair down, and I will help you out of that tower!