LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: HUMID

  1. The ham actor is most likely to use histrionic speech—overly dramatic, artificially emotional (from Latin histrio, actor).
  2. Uber (from the German) means over, or to an extreme degree—-logophiles are uber-intelligent, making up an uber-elite group.
  3. Muster means gather, collect—the recruits knew they had to muster the energy to attend the platoon muster (from Latin monstrare, to show). 
  4. Intrinsic means by its nature, integral—the intrinsic value of the ring was less than its emotional value.
  5. Dactyl (from Greek daktylos) means finger, like those in your glove (or toes). 
Posted by Dave at 7/13/2011 2:23 PM
Categories: Words, words, word quiz
Tags: LandaBooks Language histrionic uber muster intrinsic dactyl
 

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