Lesson 5 + Extra (Feelings)

Question 1

amicable

Answer 1

adj. friendly; peaceable

Question 2

amity

Answer 2

n. friendship; friendly relations

Question 3

enamored

Answer 3

adj. in love with; charmed by

Question 4

inimical

Answer 4

adj. harmful

adj. hostile; unfriendly

Question 5

odious

Answer 5

adj. hateful; distasteful

Question 6

bibliphile

Answer 6

n. a lover of books

Question 7

philanthropy

Answer 7

n. goodwill to fellow human beings

n. a charitable gift, act, or organization

Question 8

phobia

Answer 8

n. strong, irrational fear

Question 9

acrophobia

Answer 9

n. fear of heights

Question 10

hydrophobia

Answer 10

n. fear of water

n. rabies

Question 11

xenophobia

Answer 11

n. fear or hatred of what is strange or foreign (foreigners)

Question 12

appease

Answer 12

v. to calm; to satisfy by making concessions or giving into demands

Question 13

pacific

Answer 13

adj. peaceful; serene

Question 14

pacify

Answer 14

v. to calm; to make quiet

v. to end war or violence

Question 15

agoraphobia

Answer 15

n. an abnormal fear of being in an open space

Question 16

amateur

Answer 16

n. a person who engages in an activity for pleasure rather than for financial/professional reasons
n. a superficial or unskilled worker; a dabbler

Question 17

amatory

Answer 17

adj. expressive of love

Question 18

amiable

Answer 18

adj. having or showing agreeable personal qualities; kind; pleasant

Question 19

amorous

Answer 19

adj. inclined or disposed to love (esp. physical)

Question 20

anglophile

Answer 20

n. one who is friendly to or admires England or the English

Question 21

claustrophobia

Answer 21

n. an abnormal fear of a closed space

Question 22

ennui

Answer 22

n. boredom

Question 23

hemophilia

Answer 23

n. an abnormal condition of males inherited through the mother (usually a physical problem)

Question 24

inamorata

Answer 24

n. a female lover; a woman who loves or is loved

Question 25

philately

Answer 25

n. the study or collection of stamps

Question 26

philhormonic

Answer 26

adj. fond of music; music-loving (esp. in the name of certain musical societies and applied to concerts)

Question 27

philology

Answer 27

n. the study of written records (their authenticity, original form, meaning, etc.)

Question 28

philosophy

Answer 28

n. the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge or conduct
n. the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge
n. a system of principles for guidance in practical affairs

Question 29

philater

Answer 29

n. a potion or drug that is supposed to induce the person taking it to fall in love with some other person

Question 30

triskaidekaphobia

Answer 30

n. the abnormal fear of the number thirteen