Vocab Week 3

Question 1

Amiable

Answer 1

Friendly

Question 2

Cartographer

Answer 2

Person who makes maps

Question 3

Despondent

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Having no hope; miserable

Question 4

Expatriate

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Refugee; emigrant; someone living away from his own country

Question 5

Inadvertent

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Not intentional

Question 6

Luscious

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Juicy; moist; succulent

Question 7

Oust

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Push out of a position

Question 8

Predecessor

Answer 8

One who came before

Question 9

Sanguinary

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Bloodthirsty; bloody

Question 10

Tyro

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Novice; beginner

Question 11

Amity

Answer 11

Friendship

Question 12

Castigate

Answer 12

Scold strongly

Question 13

Destitution

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Hardship; poverty; misery

Question 14

Expedient

Answer 14

Convenient; practical

Question 15

Incantation

Answer 15

Chant; invocation; prayer

Question 16

Lynch

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Assassinate; kill; illegal hanging

Question 17

Overt

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Obvious; not hidden

Question 18

Predicament

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Dilemma; difficult situation

Question 19

Sanguine

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Optimistic; cheerful

Question 20

Ubiquitous

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Found everywhere; omnipresent

Question 21

Bibli-

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Book

Question 22

Canon-

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Rule

Question 23

Crypt-,cryph-

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Hidden, secret

Question 24

Cycl-

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Circle, wheel

Question 25

Gloss-,glot(t)

Answer 25

Tongue, language

Question 26

Icon-

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Image

Question 27

Mim-

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To imitate

Question 28

Od-

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Song, poem

Question 29

Pyr-

Answer 29

Fire

Question 30

Tom-

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To cut

Question 31

Bibliographical

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A list of books, magazines, articles, etc. about a particular subject

Question 32

Apocrypha

Answer 32

Early Christian writings not included in the New Testament

Question 33

Cryptographic

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The art of writing or deciphering messages in code

Question 34

Epiglottis

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The thin cartilage lid that covers the windpipe

Question 35

Encyclopedic

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A book or set of books with alphabetically arranged articles on all branches, or on one field of knowledge

Question 36

Entomologists

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A person who deals with the branch of zoology that deals with insects

Question 37

Iconography

Answer 37

The images or symbols related to something

Question 38

Mimicry

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The activity or art of copying the behavior or speech of other people; the activity or art of mimicking other people

Question 39

Parody

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A piece of writing, music, etc. that imitates the style of someone or something else in an amusing way

Question 40

Polyglot

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A mixture or confusion of languages or nomenclatures

Question 41

Austere

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Morally strict

Question 42

Canon

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A basic rule or principle

Question 43

Crypt

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An underground vault, esp. one under a church, used for burial

Question 44

Despot

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An absolute ruler, a tyrant

Question 45

Icon

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An image, figure

Question 46

Myriads

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A great number of persons or things, very many

Question 47

Nomad

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Any of a people having no permanent home, but moving about constantly, as in search of pasture, a wanderer

Question 48

Tomes

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Books, especially large ones

Question 49

Zephyr

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The west wind, a gentle breeze