LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: NO-SNO
- A numismatist (from French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, coin) is someone who collects coins, medals, etc.
- Orpheus (from Greek mythology) was a poet and musician whose music could move even inanimate objects, and who almost succeeded in rescuing his wife from the underworld.
- Stochastic (from Greek stokhazesthai, to guess at) means arising from chance, or involving probabilities. The gambler relied on stochastic analysis in placing his bets.
- A nimbus (from the Latin term for rainstorm) is a cloud or halo. In classical mythology, it was a shining cloud around a deity who came to earth. Today it’s sometimes used figuratively—as in "Obama now wears a nimbus of goodwill, but that may vaporize."
- Our solar system. The science teacher used an orrery, with spheres of different sizes, to explain the arrangement of the sun and its planets.
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