Derivatives #126-150

Question 1

taxicab

Answer 1

(N) taximeter cabriolet…

Question 2

congregation

Answer 2

(N) a flocking together, a gathering

Question 3

Jersey/caesarian/tsar/czar

Answer 3

(N) delivery made by cutting the womb of the mother;

emperor of Russia, a person appointed by the government to direct policy or a program

Question 4

berserk

Answer 4

(V) to fight like a Norse warrior, in a wild, frenzied, trance-like way; out of control

Question 5

hooch

Answer 5

(N) alcohol

Question 6

curfew

Answer 6

(N) a regulation to stay indoors

Question 7

Ecce homo

Answer 7

“Behold this man!”

Question 8

Inundate

Answer 8

“To wave upon” overwhelm, flood

Question 9

Undulate

Answer 9

To wave, move in a wavelike motion, to swell

Question 10

Assassin

Answer 10

A murderer, often with political motives

Question 11

Auburn

Answer 11

“Reddish brown”

Origin: of yellowish or brownish white color

Question 12

Auspicious

Answer 12

Favorable, promising, rosy, propitious

Question 13

Ballot

Answer 13

(N)

A process of voting

Question 14

Bedlam

Answer 14

(N)

A state of chaos, craziness, pandemonium

Question 15

Belladonna

Answer 15

(N)
A pretty lady
A plant (nightshade)

Question 16

Bigot

Answer 16

(N)

Someone intolerant of other religions or races

Question 17

Bombastic

Answer 17

(Adj)

Puffed up, stuffed, high-sounding, pretentious, inflated

Question 18

Cancan

Answer 18

(N)

A dance with highkicking

Question 19

Cathedral

Answer 19

N, a church containing the bishops seat

Question 20

Cynic

Answer 20

N, ADJ a skeptic / skeptical

Question 21

Surly

Answer 21

Adj, glum, pouting, sullen

Question 22

Erudite

Answer 22

Adj, trained, knowledgable, scholarly

Question 23

Delirium

Answer 23

N, state of craziness, confusion

Question 24

Derivation

Answer 24

N, extraction, deduction

Question 25

Choochie-pants

Answer 25

N, whiner, complainer, “someone who doesn’t take Latin IV”