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AWAD Vocabulary Quiz 4 -
Pass Me the Spaniard
(AWAD - May 5 - May 11, 1997) This week's
word list featured loanwords from Spanish.
I have added two words to make nine.
Match up the word in the first column with its closest definition in column two.
| ___ aficionado |
A. a sound beating
with a stick or cudgel. |
| ___ bastinado |
B. one who loads and
unloads ships |
| ___ bonanza |
C. a prison; a jail. |
| ___ calaboose |
D. good luck; good
yields from farms, mines, stocks... |
| ___ disembogue |
E. to pour out or
discharge at the mouth, as a stream. |
| ___ lariat |
F. a devotee of a
fervently pursued interest. |
| ___ stevedore |
G. cement made of
lime, sand or gravel and oyster shells |
| ___ tabby |
H. to depart quickly.
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| ___ vamoose |
I. a long cord with
noose for catching wild horses. |
Answers:
aficionado - a devotee of a fervently pursued interest.
bastinado - a sound beating with a stick or cudgel.
bonanza - good luck; good yields from farms, mines, stocks...
calaboose - a prison; a jail.
disembogue - to pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream.
lariat - a long cord with noose for catching wild horses.
stevedore - one who loads and unloads ships.
tabby - cement made of lime, sand or gravel and oyster shells.
vamoose - to depart quickly.
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