Vocabulary

Question 1

Amyl

Answer 1

Of or pertaining to starch

Question 2

Inurn

Answer 2

To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb.

Question 3

Jinni

Answer 3

In Arabic mythology, a spirit inhabiting the earth but unseen by humans, capable of assuming various forms and exercising extraordinary powers.

Question 4

Minima

Answer 4

Plural of minimum

Question 5

Mirin

Answer 5

A type of rice wine and a common ingredient in Japanese cooking.

Question 6

Plena

Answer 6

a Puerto Rican style of street-corner music that often narrates stories about community life

Question 7

Villanelle

Answer 7

a 19-line poem with repeating rhymes, such as “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”

Question 8

Lollop

Answer 8

to move in a bounding or ungainly way:

In movies like this, rational adult behavior is counter to requirements; instead, we have a lolloping white rabbit

Question 9

Palapa

Answer 9

a thatched-roof shelter with open sides, common in Mexico:

Guests enter the house through a blond-stained teak door, which leads to a kitchen and living area that blends seamlessly with an expansive, palapa-style terrace

Question 10

Appellee

Answer 10

the party in a case who is defending against an appeal

Question 11

Dooryard

Answer 11

a yard near the door of a house

Question 12

Vanillin

Answer 12

the main part of vanilla extract

Question 13

Napoleon

Answer 13

a flaky pastry filled with cream or custard

Question 14

Paean

Answer 14

a song or work filled with praise

Question 15

Leonine

Answer 15

resembling a lion:

Encountering again the fuzz and warmth of Mandela’s leonine tones, Stengel realized something: He had a podcast on his hands.

Question 16

Perspicacity

Answer 16

Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.