LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: Of MICES and Mens
- Thomas R. Malthus, British economist, theorized that population increases at a faster rate than food supply, with eventual disastrous results, unless population growth is checked by war, disease, etc. No optimist, that one.
- To die intestate (from Latin testārī, to witness, make a will) means without having made a will.
- A creche (from Old French kripja, crib) is a representation of the Bethlehem stable scene, with Mary, Joseph, and others around the manger.
- Estrus (from Greek oistros, frenzy, passion) is the period of highest female fertility in most mammals. It’s also called heat or rut.
- A solidus (from Latin) is what we commonly call a slash mark, slant mark, or (less commonly) a virgule.
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