LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: APRIL
- Avarice (from Latin averus, greedy, via French) is another word for intense greed. The adjective form is avaricious.
- Penurious (from Latin pēnūria) can mean either extremely poor, or very stingy.
- Risotto (from Italian riso, rice) is a rice dish, usually rice cooked slowly in broth, with cheese added just before serving.
- The ilium (from Latin īlia) is the hip bone, specifically the broad upper bone of either hip. Caution: the ileum is the lower part of the small intestine.
- Lucid (from Latin lux, light) means quite clear, easily understood. (It can also mean rational, sane.)
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