Final Exam: TTh Daily Words

Question 1

mooncalf (n)

Answer 1

a fool, a freak

Question 2

mabscoot (adj)

Answer 2

happy

Question 3

manwise (adj)

Answer 3

a manner characteristic of humans

Question 4

macacus (n)

Answer 4

a genus of old world monkeys, originally comprising a large number of African and Asian species

Question 5

melange (n)

Answer 5

a mixture

Question 6

marver (n)

Answer 6

a slab of polished stone or iron on which hot glass blown from a blowpipe is rolled and shaped

Question 7

mazurka (n)

Answer 7

a lively country dance in triple time for couples, originating in Poland in the 16th century

Question 8

merdivorous (adj)

Answer 8

dung-eating

Question 9

memento mori (n)

Answer 9

(1) a reminder of death, especially a skull

(2) a reminder of human failures and errors

Question 10

mulligatawny (n)

Answer 10

an East Indian soup having a meat or chicken base & curry seasoning

Question 11

mythopoetic (adj)

Answer 11

(1) of/relating to the making of myths

(2) productive in myth-making

Question 12

mascle (n)

Answer 12

a spot or speck

Question 13

matriculate (v)

Answer 13

relating to a frenzied woman

Question 14

mumpsimus (n)

Answer 14

a person who obstinately adheres to old ways in spite of clear evidence that they are wrong

Question 15

mundane (adj)

Answer 15

(1) secular

(2) ordinary, everyday

Question 16

murra (n)

Answer 16

a substance of which precious vases and other vessels were made

Question 17

myopic (adj)

Answer 17

(1) short-sighted

(2) lacking discernment in thinking or planning

Question 18

mesonoxian (adj)

Answer 18

of or relating to midnight

Question 19

mittle (v)

Answer 19

to hurt or mutilate

Question 20

minatory (adj)

Answer 20

menacing, minacious

Question 21

murmuration (n)

Answer 21

the action of murmuring, the continuous utterance of low, barely audible sounds

Question 22

mung (n)

Answer 22

(1) a mingling, a mixture, a confusion, a mess

(2) to spoil, to ruin

Question 23

murcous (adj)

Answer 23

that lacks a thumb

Question 24

Mnemosyne (n)

Answer 24

titaness personification of memory in Greek mythology; mother to the nine muses by Zeus

Question 25

mentalese (n)

Answer 25

a hypothetical language in which concepts and prepositions are represented in the mind without words

Question 26

mentagra (n)

Answer 26

any of various skin diseases affecting the chin

Question 27

mell (n.)

Answer 27

(1) a heavy hammer (2) homey (3) a horse's tail (4) to speak, talk (5) to strike or beat with a hammer (6) the last sheaf of corn cut at harvest time