LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: ADAGE
- An adage (probably from Latin ad, to; and aio, I say) is a short, witty saying that expresses a common truth: She accused him of twisting two old adages into something like a helix after he quipped that "A dirty mind is a joy forever."
- A diphthong (from Greek dÌphthongos, having two sounds) is a gliding vowel sound, as in boy, out, mound.
- Abate (from Old French abattre, to beat down) means to ease off. Bob steered his little sailboat into the sheltered cove to wait for the storm to abate.
- Goobers (from nguba, which means peanut in the African language Kimbundu) are peanuts—sometimes called goober peas.
- Ergonometric (from Greek ergon, work, and metrikos, measure) means having to do with the measurement of workers’ efficiency.
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