The AWAD Vocabulary Quiz 8 -
In the Beginning was the AWAD
(AWAD, March 14 - 31, 1994) In
the beginning was the word, and it was 'zephyr'. Here are thirteen of AWAD's first
words, before there were weekly themes.
Match each word with its closest definition below:
___ arboretum
___ caryatid
___ coloratura
___ colporteur
___ demesne
___ dressage
___ intaglio
___ pithecanthropus
___ prophylactic
___ sidereal
___ xebec
___ zephyr
___ zwieback
a. a usu. sweetened bread that is baked and then sliced
and toasted until dry and crisp
b. a gentle breeze
c. preventing or guarding from disease
d. measured by the apparent motion of the fixed stars
e. manorial land possessed by the lord and not held by
free tenants
f. the execution by a horse of complex maneuvers in
response to barely perceptible movements of a rider's
hands, legs, and weight
g. a place where trees and plants are grown for scientific
and educational purposes
h. a sculptured draped female figure used as an
architectural column
i. a usu. 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship
with long overhanging bow and stern
j. a peddler of religious books
k. florid ornamentation in vocal music
l. an engraving or incised figure in a hard material (as stone)
depressed below the surface of the material
m. any of several primitive extinct men from Java
Answers to AWAD Quiz 8:
arboretum: a place where trees and plants are grown for scientific and
educational
purposes
caryatid: a sculptured draped female figure used as an architectural column
coloratura: florid ornamentation in vocal music
colporteur: a peddler of religious books
demesne: manorial land possessed by the lord and not held by free tenants
dressage: the execution by a horse of complex maneuvers in response to barely
perceptible movements of a rider's hands, legs, and weight
intaglio: an engraving or incised figure in a hard material(as stone) depressed
below the surface of the material
pithecanthropus: any of several primitive extinct men from Java
prophylactic: preventing or guarding from disease
sidereal: measured by the apparent motion of the fixed stars
xebec: a usu. 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with long overhanging bow and
stern
zephyr: a gentle breeze
zwieback: a usu. sweetened bread that is baked and then sliced and toasted until
dry and crisp |
