Jazz Set 2

Question 1

Vestibule (n)

Answer 1

The entrance to a house, chamber between entrance and main building.

Question 2

Scatty (Adj)

Answer 2

1. US, Bad tempered.

2. Of a person: scatter-brained; driven distracted, mad; of a story, etc.: illogical and absurd.

Question 3

Mulatto (n + adj)

Answer 3

N. A person having one white and one black parent. Frequently more generally: a person of mixed race resembling a mulatto.
Adj. Of the colour of the skin of a mulatto; tawny.

Question 4

Sloven (n+ adj + v)

Answer 4

N. An untidy or dirty person; a person who is habitually indolent, negligent, or careless with regard to appearance.
Adj. Slovenly; characterized by indolence, negligence, or lack of care. Now chiefly North American.
V. intransitive. To behave like a sloven; to be indolent or careless, esp. with regard to cleanliness or personal appearance; also transitive with it. Also: to be lazy or careless over a task.

Question 5

Marcel (v)

Answer 5

transitive. To wave (hair) by the marcel method. Also in extended use.

Question 6

Marcelled (adj)

Answer 6

Of hair: that has a marcel wave or waves. Also in extended use.

Question 7

Hominy (n)

Answer 7

US cookery, Whole maize kernels which have been soaked in a lye or lime solution, typically used in making grits.

Question 8

Pinioned (adj)

Answer 8

1. poetic, Having wings.
2. Having the arms bound or shackled; having had the wings clipped. Also in extended use: confined or restricted in some way.

Question 9

Pinion (v)

Answer 9

1. transitive. To bind or secure together the arms or legs of (a person); to restrain (a person), prevent the use of (the arms) with a tight hold; to shackle.
2. To prevent a bird from flying by clipping the wings, cutting the pinion.