Week 1 Vocabulary! :)

Question 1

Aar

Answer 1

The longest river that is entirely in Switzerland. Flowing 183 miles to Rhine

Question 2

Aardvark

Answer 2

A burrowing ant eating African mammal

Question 3

Aardwolf

Answer 3

A hyenalike nocturnal, carnivorous mammal of southern and eastern Africa

Question 4

Aasvogel

Answer 4

A vulture

Question 5

Ab

Answer 5

Assimilated variant of AD-

Question 6

Abaca

Answer 6

A banana plant of the Philippines Island

Question 7

Abaciscus

Answer 7

A square tile in a mosaic pavement or floor

Question 8

Abacist

Answer 8

One who uses a abacus

Question 9

Aback

Answer 9

caught in a sudden change of wind so as to reverse sails; disconnected as by a sudden check

Question 10

Abacus

Answer 10

An ancient calculating device with counter sliding on wires or in grooves; a slab forming on top of a capital

Question 11

Abadan

Answer 11

Chief town on Abadan Island in the Shatt-al-Arabdelta of SW Iran

Question 12

Abaddon

Answer 12

In the old testament; the bottomless pit; hell; the place of destruction; the angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon

Question 13

Abaft

Answer 13

Towards the stern; back; behind

Question 14

Abalone

Answer 14

a shellfish; its meat is used for food

Question 15

Abampere

Answer 15

the cgs electromagnetic unit of current, equal

Question 16

Abandon

Answer 16

to give up wholly; dessert; forsake, as an effort to attempt; to surrender or give over, to yield (oneself) without restraint, as to feeling or pastime

Question 17

Abase

Answer 17

to lower in rank, position, prestige, or estimation