LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: CHRIS
- Monkeys—of South and Central America. (Also, when capitalized, to a monk.) We sat with the Capuchins and sipped our cappuccinos as we watched the capuchins cavort (from Italian capuccio “hood”).
- Haggis (may be from Old English haggen, to chop, or hash) is a Scottish pudding. Only after eating my haggis did I learn that it’s made from the heart, lungs, and such other sheep parts, plus oatmeal, cooked in the animal’s stomach.
- Risqué (past participle of French risquer, to risk) means naughty, suggestive, off-color, daringly close to improper. The comedian’s humor was risqué, to put it mildly.
- Imam (from Arabic imām leader, guide) is the title of a Muslim religious leader or chief.
- Seraphim (from Hebrew via Latin and Middle English) is a plural noun referring to the highest order of angels.
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