Z

Question 1

zany

Answer 1

adj. absurd; ludicrous

Children love the clown’s zany antics.

Question 2

zeal

Answer 2

n. enthusiastic devotion to a cause

The candidate thanked the campaign workers for their zeal.

Question 3

zealot

Answer 3

n. one who is fanatically devoted to a cause

Anti-war zealots demonstrated outside government offices.

Question 4

zealous

Answer 4

adj. enthusiastically devoted to a cause

Bill and Ron are zealous in their opposition to the policy.

Question 5

zeitgeist

Answer 5

n. the outlook characteristic of a period

The book argues that individualism is the zeitgeist of our era.

Question 6

zenith

Answer 6

n. highest point summit

The writer is at the zenith of her career.

Question 7

zephyr

Answer 7

n. a soft gentle breeze

One the hot August evening we all welcomed the zephyr blowing from the west.

Question 8

zoologist

Answer 8

n. scientist who studies animals

The zoologist is an expert on mice.

Question 9

zooplankton

Answer 9

n. plankton that consists of animals, including the corals and jelly-fish

Although zooplankton are primarily transported by ambient water currents, many have some power of locomotion and use this to avoid predators.

Question 10

Zoroastrianism

Answer 10

n. religion founded by the sixth century B.C. Persian prophet Zoroaster teaching the worship of Ahura Mazda in the context of a struggle between the forces of light and darkness

“Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith.” Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices.