LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: C's the Day
- Philosophy. It comes from René Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician, considered the founder of modern philosophy.
- Celibacy (from Latin caelebs, single) is a state of being single (e.g., many priests are celibate) or abstaining from sexual activity (as some priests do, some do not).
- A catatonic person would most likely be in a stupor (with muscular rigidity). It's from Greek kata, down, and tonos, tone, vial German and Latin.
- A carcinogen (from Greek karkinos, cancer) is an agent or substance that causes cancer.
- An organ-like instrument, with a keyboard and steam whistles. It was probably named after Calliope, the Muse of eloquence and poetry.
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