LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: LEAFS

  1. To limn is to describe (in words or drawings)—from late Middle English Lymne, illuminate (originally from Latin illuminare).
  2. Enervate (from Latin enervatus, weakened) means to weaken, to tire thoroughly. Onomatomaniacs never find these word quizzes an enervating experience.
  3. Abeyance means suspension, inaction—Congress held the matter in abeyance until after the election (from Anglo-French abeance, a gaping at or toward).
  4. Fastidious (from Latin fastidiosus, squeamish) means picky, demanding, hard to please—choose your words carefully, but don’t be too fastidious about others’ usage.
  5. A sextant is (or was, ere GPS) used by sailors to find their position at sea—from Latin sextans, a sixth, because it has a graduated arc of sixty degrees—one-sixth of a circle.
Posted by Dave at 10/5/2011 11:02 AM
Categories: language, words, word quiz
Tags: limn enervate abeyance fastidious sextant LandaBooks language word quiz definition
 

What did you think of this article?




Trackbacks
Trackback specific URL for this post
  • No trackbacks exist for this post.
Comments
  • No comments exist for this post.
Leave a comment

Submitted comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.

 Enter the above security code (required)

 Name (required)

 Email (will not be published) (required)

 Website

Your comment is 0 characters limited to 3000 characters.