Idiomatic Sources/Law, Literature and Occupations

Question 1

martyr

Answer 1

witness, bear witness for Christ, one who suffers in behalf of their cause

Question 2

paraphernalia

Answer 2

the property, exclusive of her dowry, belonging to a wife

Question 3

privilege

Answer 3

law made in favor of or against an individual

Question 4

peculiar

Answer 4

private property given to a wife, slave, or child, pertaining to any individual characteristic

Question 5

ordeal

Answer 5

judgment, difficult or painful experience, type of trial where accused was subjected to physical dangers

Question 6

roue

Answer 6

a grossly immoral individual

Question 7

subpoena

Answer 7

under threat of punishment you are ordered to present in a court

Question 8

size/assize

Answer 8

jurisdiction over commerce, session of a legislative body

Question 9

bailiwick

Answer 9

district under supervision of a bailiff

Question 10

escheat/cheat

Answer 10

reversion of property without legal heirs to the government

Question 11

exposition

Answer 11

act of explaining something

Question 12

climax

Answer 12

rising action of the story

Question 13

denouement

Answer 13

final part of something

Question 14

bohemian

Answer 14

a writer living an unconventional life in a colony with others

Question 15

farce

Answer 15

to improve as if by stuffing

Question 16

hypocrite

Answer 16

actor

Question 17

episode

Answer 17

part of the play between two songs of the chrous, an act

Question 18

chorus

Answer 18

dance in a ring

Question 19

orchestra

Answer 19

area where the chorus danced

Question 20

scene (proscenium)

Answer 20

tent or booth located behind the playing area where actors changed into their costumes, back of the stage

Question 21

person (dramatis personae)

Answer 21

actor’s mask, character in a drama

Question 22

explode

Answer 22

to drive off the stage with loud clapping

Question 23

pants

Answer 23

a lean, foolish man who usually appeared in tight pants

Question 24

limelight

Answer 24

flame of oxygen and hydrogen on a cylinder of lime

Question 25

robot

Answer 25

mechanical men, compulsory service

Question 26

romance

Answer 26

adventure, excitement, love

Question 27

tease

Answer 27

separate or pull apart, making cloth

Question 28

heckle

Answer 28

to comb out

Question 29

subtle

Answer 29

finely woven fabric

Question 30

on tenterhooks

Answer 30

finishing process in the manufacture of cloths, where material is stretched

Question 31

dicker

Answer 31

fur trading, argue over a bundle of ten furs

Question 32

shambles

Answer 32

scene of bloodshed or general destruction, butcher shop

Question 33

broker

Answer 33

wine trade, one who sold wine from a barrel in small amounts

Question 34

untrammeled

Answer 34

free from the confines of a net in fishing

Question 35

pester

Answer 35

shackling the feet of horses to prevent them from wandering away

Question 36

ruminate

Answer 36

to ponder, chew the cud

Question 37

greenhorn

Answer 37

young animal with horns which were new, inexperienced, young person