List 18: Dreaming in Cuban 1

Question 1

octave

Answer 1

an 8-day period of observances beginning with a festival day; 2. a stanza of eight lines; 3. a musical interval embracing eight diatonic degrees

Question 2

pockmarked

Answer 2

covered with marks, pits, or depressed scars caused by smallpox or acne

Question 3

disquieting

Answer 3

taking away the peace or tranquility of

Question 4

missive

Answer 4

a written communication, letter

Question 5

gringo

Answer 5

often disparaging : a foreigner in Spain or Latin America especially when of English or American origin; broadly : a non-Hispanic person

Question 6

lexicon

Answer 6

the words used in a language or by a person or group of people

Question 7

baroque

Answer 7

1. of or relating to a dramatic style of art and music that was common in the 17th and early 18th centuries and that featured many decorative parts and details; 2. having many details or too many details

Question 8

solace

Answer 8

1. comfort in grief : alleviation of grief or anxiety; 2. a source of relief or consolation

Question 9

blanched

Answer 9

(blanch) to take the color out of, such as to scald or parboil in water or steam, to bleach by excluding light, or to make ashen or pale (as through fear)

Question 10

indignation

Answer 10

anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean

Question 11

cyclopean

Answer 11

1. often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a Cyclops; 2. huge, massive

Question 12

canonization

Answer 12

1. the declaration of a deceased person an officially recognized saint, or the process of so declaring 2. the process of making something canonical, that is of, relating to, or forming a canon (an authoritative list of books)

Question 13

redolent

Answer 13

exuding fragrance

Question 14

somnambulist

Answer 14

someone who walks in their sleep

Question 15

profligate

Answer 15

1. wildly extravagant. 2, shamelessly immoral