FROM HEAD TO TOE: lessons 9+10

Question 1

capitalist2

Answer 1

• person who has invested personal wealth in business

- a very wealthy person

Question 2

capitulation

Answer 2

surrender, ending resistance

Question 3

decapitate

Answer 3

to cut off the head of, to behead

Question 4

precipice2

Answer 4

• very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock

- edge of a dangerous situation

Question 5

precipitate3

Answer 5

• to throw down from a great height
• to make happen suddenly or quickly
• speeding along heedlessly, headstrong

Question 6

recapitulation2

Answer 6

• restatement of a main idea

- summary or concise review

Question 7

caput, capitis

Answer 7

head

Question 8

cerebrum

Answer 8

brain

Question 9

cerebral2

Answer 9

• pertaining to the brain

- intellectual

Question 10

cerebration

Answer 10

action of thinking, thought

Question 11

facies

Answer 11

face, form, shape

Question 12

deface

Answer 12

to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something

Question 13

efface2

Answer 13

• to wipe out, to obliterate, to make less clear

- to make oneself inconspicuous

Question 14

facade2

Answer 14

• face of a building

- face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front

Question 15

facet2

Answer 15

• one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel

- one aspect of a situation or of a tooth

Question 16

frons, frontis

Answer 16

front, forehead, face

Question 17

affront2

Answer 17

• to insult intentionally, to offend or embarrass

- an insult or offensive act

Question 18

confront2

Answer 18

• to stand or come directly in front of

- to face with defiance or hostility

Question 19

effrontery

Answer 19

flippant or insulting boldness, audacity

Question 20

supercilium

Answer 20

eyebrow

Question 21

supercilious

Answer 21

disdainful, showing lack of respect

Question 22

os, oris, oro, orare, oravi, oratum

Answer 22

mouth, to speak

Question 23

inexorable

Answer 23

relentless, unyielding

Question 24

oracle4

Answer 24

• shrine where ancient greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy
• prophecy made at a shrine
• person who transmits prophecy from deity
• person regarded as able to give wise guidence

Question 25

oration

Answer 25

address or formal speech give on a special occasion

Question 26

orifice

Answer 26

mouth, vent or opening

Question 27

osculate

Answer 27

to kiss

Question 28

dens, dentis

Answer 28

tooth

Question 29

indentation

Answer 29

cut or notch

Question 30

indenture2

Answer 30

• written contract between 2 parties

- to bind by written contract

Question 31

trident

Answer 31

a long three pronged fork or weapon

Question 32

odon, odontos

Answer 32

tooth

Question 33

orthodontist

Answer 33

specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth

Question 34

gurges, gurgitis

Answer 34

throat, whirlpool

Question 35

gorge4

Answer 35

• deep, narrow passage
• feeling of nausea (gorge rise)
• to eat greedily
• to fill full, to stuff

Question 36

disgorge2

Answer 36

• to expel from the throat or stomach, vomit

- to discharge violently

Question 37

gargantuan

Answer 37

of immense size, gigantic

Question 38

gargoyle

Answer 38

grotesque carved human or animal figure

Question 39

regurgitate2

Answer 39

• to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food, to vomit
• to rush or surge back