GRAM, GRAPH: "letter," "writing"

Question 1

anagram

Answer 1

word or phrase formed from another by transposing the letters

Question 2

cartographer

Answer 2

(literally, “map writer”) person skilled in cartography, the science or art of mapmaking

Question 3

cryptogram

Answer 3

something written in secret code

Question 4

electrocardiogram

Answer 4

“writing” or tracing made by an electrocardiograph, an instrument that records the amount of electricity the heart muscles produce during the heartbeat

Question 5

epigram

Answer 5

(literally, something “written on” or “inscribed”) bright or witty thought concisely and cleverly expressed

Question 6

graphic

Answer 6

written or told in a clear, lively manner, vivid; picturesque

Question 7

graphite

Answer 7

soft black carbon used in lead pencils

Question 8

monogram

Answer 8

(literally, “one letter”) person’s initials interwoven or combined into one design

Question 9

monograph

Answer 9

written account of a single thing or class of things

Question 10

stenographer

Answer 10

person skilled in, or employed to do, stenography (literally, “narrow writing”) the art of writing in shorthand

Question 11

typographical

Answer 11

pertaining to or occurring in printing or typography (literally, “writing with type”)