Modern World

Question 1

Relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property

Answer 1

Agrarian

Question 2

A botanical garden devoted to trees

Answer 2

Arboretum

Question 3

Bucolic, idealistically rural or rustice

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Arcadian

Question 4

An exterior wall used to protect a castle

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Bailey

Question 5

A short pillar or column, typically decorative in design, in a series supporting a rail or coping

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Baluster

Question 6

An inclined face of a wall

Answer 6

Batter

Question 7

A parapet at the top of a wall, usually of a fort or a castle, that has regularly soaced, squared openings for shooting through

Answer 7

Battlement

Question 8

A flat strip of land, raised bank or terrace bordering a river or canal

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Berm

Question 9

All or part of an adjacent landscape, the features of which figure in the composition of the landscape or garden at hand

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Borrowed scenery

Question 10

A pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or wood

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Bower

Question 11

Beds of low-growing shrubs

Answer 11

Carpet bedding

Question 12

Having battlements

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Castellated

Question 13

A reservoir or well into which surface water may drain off

Answer 13

Catch basin

Question 14

The upper part of the nave, choir and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows

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Clerestory

Question 15

Conceptual approach that does not hold to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws on multiple theories, styles or ideas

Answer 15

Eclecticism

Question 16

Branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and their physical surroundings

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Ecology

Question 17

Biological community of interacting organisms and physical environment

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Ecosystem

Question 18

Person or thing that attracts the attention

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Eyecatcher

Question 19

Lack of good sense, understanding or foresight

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Folly

Question 20

Style of garden in which the plants of the garden were the center of attention

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Gardenesque

Question 21

English garden

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Giardino inglese

Question 22

A plot of lawn or turf

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Greensward

Question 23

Natural home or environment of an animal, plant, etc.

Answer 23

Habitat

Question 24

An unobstructive ditch in a broad, grassy landscape with a fence running along its bottom and traditionally one vertical walled side

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Ha-Ha

Question 25

Thor Olsen method in which external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames

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Half-timber

Question 26

A landscape garden havig winding paths and irregular planting

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Jardin Anglais

Question 27

A mound forming the site of a castle or camp

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Motte

Question 28

Faithfully imitating nature, conforming closely to natural details

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Naturalesque

Question 29

Derived from real life or nature

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Naturalistic

Question 30

Resembling a picture, suggesting a painted scene

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Picturesque

Question 31

A rectangular column, especially one projecting from a wall

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Pilaster

Question 32

A thing in the shape of a winding curve or line

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Serpentine

Question 33

Style of landscape gardening or architecture in which rigid lines and symmetry are avoided to give the scene an organic, naturalistic appearance

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Sharawadgi

Question 34

Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

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Sublime