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The AWAD Vocabulary Quiz 9 - Pre-theme Days

(AWAD, April 1 - 7, 1994) Today's quiz comes from the pre-theme days of A.Word.A.Day.  And if you look in the April 1994 archives , you'll see the first X-bonus quotations, and you will discover Anu's birthday!

Match each word with its definition below:

___ adumbrate
___ equerry
___ incunabulum
___ majordomo
___ prothalamion
___ runic
___ wainscot

1. a book printed before 1501
2. relating to a character of an alphabet formerly used by the Germanic peoples
3. an officer in charge of the horses of a prince or nobleman
4. a song in celebration of a marriage
5. a usually paneled wooden lining of an interior wall of a room
6. to foreshadow vaguely : intimate
7. a head steward

Solutions from AWAD Quiz 9

adumbrate: to foreshadow vaguely : intimate
equerry: an officer in charge of the horses of a prince or nobleman
incunabulum: a book printed before 1501
majordomo: a head steward
prothalamion: a song in celebration of a marriage
runic: relating to a character of an alphabet formerly used by the Germanic peoples
wainscot: a usually paneled wooden lining of an interior wall of a room

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