X, Y, Z

Question 1

Xenophile

Answer 1

a person who is attracted to foreign peoples cultures

Question 2

Yarn

Answer 2

1. tale, story
2. fibers for knitting

Question 3

Yeoman

Answer 3

man owning small estate; middle-class farmer

Question 4

Yield

Answer 4

1. an amount of a product; the income or profit arising from such transactions
2. verb consent reluctantly; cease opposition; stop fighting;
3. give or supply; cause to happen or be responsible for;
4. move in order to make room for someone for something; give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another; be fatally overwhelmed

Question 5

Zeal

Answer 5

excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; prompt willingness; a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

Question 6

Zealot

Answer 6

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

Tyranny likes courtiers, flatterers, followers, fawners, and superstition wants believers, disciples, zealots, hypocrites, and subscribers.

Question 7

Zenith

Answer 7

the highest point of something

Performance increased at a slower pace after age 20, reaching a zenith of 83 percent correct responses for study volunteers between ages 30 and 34.

Question 8

Zephyr

Answer 8

a slight wind

Thy zephyrs soft, thy falling showers, No more have charms for me; Maternal Summer, too, adieu!—