LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: APRIL
- An aperture (from Latin apertura, opening) is a hole, slit, or other opening. The mice entered through an aperture in the wall.
- A plessor (from Greek pless, to strike) is that little rubber-headed hammer doctors tap us on the knee with. If I had a plessor, I could check your reflexes. (It’s also called a plexor or reflex hammer.)
- Ramify (from Latin ramus, branch) means to branch out, to separate, to spread, often with unforeseen and undesirable results. The law of unforeseen consequences says we should consider possible ramifications of our actions.
- Incorrigible (Latin incorrigibilis, not to be corrected) means unlikely to change (it may be good or bad). She’s an incorrigible optimist; she thinks she can reform that incorrigible gambler.
- A laparoscope (from Greek lapara, flank) is a small tube or wand inserted by a surgeon into a small incision in order to inspect or perform surgery.
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