LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: VOWELS
- Avant garde (from French, literally fore-guard) means out front, especially in trying new things in the arts.
- Edelweiss (from German edel, noble, and weiss, white) is an Alpine plant. It’s also an Italian liqueur that’s flavored with extract of Alpine flowers, and the title of a song (popular, but a little syrupy).
- Icarian would refer to reckless, dangerous behavior. In Classical mythology, Icarus (IK-ur-us, or "Icky" to his friends) was a young man who attempted an arial escape from Crete, using wings of wax and feathers. He flew too high, the sun melted his wings, and he fell to his death.
- Osmosis (from Greek osm, push or thrust) is the passage of fluids through membranes or barriers—as happens with our internal organs. It’s also used figuratively—She didn’t study vocabulary per se; she just seemed to soak up words by osmosis.
- Ululate (from Latin ululare, to howl or shriek) means to wail sadly, as in mourning. The islanders ululated throughout the night, mourning their disgraced chief, whose GRE scores were the lowest in the archipelago.
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