September Vocabulary

Question 1

sinecure

Answer 1

1. an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
2. an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.

Question 2

concatenation

Answer 2

a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events.

Question 3

sensorium

Answer 3

1. a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
2. the sensory apparatus of the body.

Question 4

clandestine

Answer 4

characterized by, done in,or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious:

Question 5

oceanicity

Answer 5

the degree to which the climate of a place is influenced by the sea.

Question 6

shofar

Answer 6

a ram’s horn blown as a wind instrument, sounded in Biblical times chiefly to communicate signals in battle and announce certain religious occasions and in modern times chiefly at synagogue services on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

Question 7

polyhistor

Answer 7

a person of great and varied learning.

Question 8

monticule

Answer 8

1. a small mountain, hill, or mound.

2. a subordinate volcanic cone.

Question 9

sobersides

Answer 9

a humorless or habitually serious person.

Question 10

aggiornamento

Answer 10

the act of bringing something up to date to meet current needs.