Chapters 9-10

Question 1

Caput, Capitis

Answer 1

<L. Head

Question 2

Cerebrum

Answer 2

<L. Brain

Question 3

Facies

Answer 3

<L. Face, form, shape

Question 4

Capitalist

Answer 4

A person who has invested personal wealth in business, a very wealthy person

Question 5

Capitulation

Answer 5

Surrender, ending resistance

Question 6

Decapitate

Answer 6

To cut off the head of, behead

Question 7

Precipice

Answer 7

A steep cliff face or rock, the edge of a dangerous situation

Question 8

Precipitate

Answer 8

To throw down from a great height, to make happen suddenly or quickly

Question 9

Recapitulation

Answer 9

The restatement of a main idea, a summary or concise review

Question 10

Cerebral

Answer 10

Pertaining to the brain, intellectual

Question 11

Cerebration

Answer 11

The action of thinking

Question 12

Deface

Answer 12

To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of something

Question 13

Efface

Answer 13

To wipe out, to obliterate, to make oneself inconspicious

Question 14

Facade

Answer 14

A face of a building, the face or front of anything

Question 15

Facet

Answer 15

One of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel, one aspect of a situation or tooth

Question 16

Frons, Frontis

Answer 16

<L. Front, forehead, face

Question 17

Affront

Answer 17

To insult intentionally, to offend or embarrass

Question 18

Confront

Answer 18

To stand or come directly in front of, to face with defiance

Question 19

Effrontery

Answer 19

Flippant or insulting boldness, audacity

Question 20

Supercilium

Answer 20

<L. eyebrow

Question 21

Supercilious

Answer 21

Disdainful, haughty and aloff

Question 22

Os, Oris

Answer 22

<L. Mouth

Question 23

Oro, Orare, Oravi, Oratum

Answer 23

<L. To speak

Question 24

Inexorable

Answer 24

Relentless, unyielding

Question 25

Oracle

Answer 25

A shrine where the ancient Greeks consulted one of their gods for advice or prophecy, a prophecy made at a shrine, a person regarded as a connection to a deity or wise

Question 26

Oration

Answer 26

An address or formal speech given on a special occasion

Question 27

Orifice

Answer 27

A mouth or vent, an opening

Question 28

Osculate

Answer 28

To kiss

Question 29

Dens, Dentis

Answer 29

<L. tooth

Question 30

Indentation

Answer 30

A cut or notch

Question 31

Indenture

Answer 31

A written contract between two parties, an agreement binding an apprentice to a master

Question 32

Trident

Answer 32

A three pronged fork or weapon

Question 33

Odon, Odontis

Answer 33

Tooth

Question 34

Orthodontist

Answer 34

A specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth

Question 35

Gurges, Gurgitis

Answer 35

Throat, whirlpool

Question 36

Gorge

Answer 36

A deep narrow passage with rocky sides, gluttonous eating, a feeling of nausea, to eat greedily, to fill, to stuff

Question 37

Disgorge

Answer 37

To expel violently from the throat or stomach, to vomit, to discharge

Question 38

Gargantuan

Answer 38

Of immense size

Question 39

Gargoyle

Answer 39

A grotesque carved human or animal

Question 40

Regurgitate

Answer 40

To cause to pour back or cast up food, to rush or surge back