LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: NEW YR
- A neutrino (from Italian neutro, neuter) is an electrically neutral subatomic particle. Millions of neutrinos produced by the sun pass through your body every second.
- To efface (from Latin ex, out, and face) is to wipe out, to make less distinct. Although highly talented, she was shy and self-effacing.
- A wen (from Old English wenn, wart) is a harmless cyst on the skin, especially on the face or scalp.
- A yarmulke (from Yiddish yarmulke) is a skullcap worn by some Jewish men, especially during study or prayer.
- To rifle (from Old French rifler, to scratch or groove) is to cut spiral grooves in something—the grooves inside a gun barrel are called rifles. Rifle can also mean a rifled shoulder firearm, or to search through, steal, or plunder.
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