| The AWAD Vocabulary Quiz 10 - Not All That Nautical (AWAD,
April 9 -15, 1997) Stephen Zimmermann served as the guest wordsmith this week, offering an
eclectic mix of words featured in Patrick O'Brian's nautical fiction. Match each word with
its definition below:
___ contubernal
___ esculent
___ grizzle
___ mammothrept
___ miasma
___ pule
___ urinator
1.To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
2. Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.
3. To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble.
4. One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver.
5. A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.
6. Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of
such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
7. Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten.
Answers:
contubernal: Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.
esculent: Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten.
grizzle: To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble.
mammothrept: A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.
miasma: Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the
presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
pule: To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
urinator: One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver.
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