New words from analogies

Question 1

TRIBUTARY

Answer 1

N: a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
2. a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler.

“the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi”
2. “tributaries of the Ottoman Empire”

Question 2

gleam

Answer 2

V: glimmer, shimmer; shine brightly, especially with reflected light.
2. a faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something.

“light gleamed on the china cats”
2. “the gleam of a silver tray”

Question 3

Enfranchise

Answer 3

V: give the right to vote to.

A proposal that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections

2. free (a slave); liberate, emancipate, empower

Question 4

empowered

Answer 4

V: authorize, permit, allow; give (someone) the authority or power to do something.

“nobody was empowered to sign checks on her behalf”

Question 5

bondage

Answer 5

N: the state of being a slave; slavery, enslavement, subjugation.

“the serfs were set free from their bondage

Question 6

anatomy

Answer 6

N: the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms
2. examination, analysis; a study of the structure or internal workings of something.

he studied physiology and anatomy”
2. “Machiavelli’s anatomy of the art of war”

Question 7

physiology

Answer 7

the study of how the human body works

Question 8

vexillology

Answer 8

the study of flags.

Question 9

employ

Answer 9

V: enlist, give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
2. make use of; utilize

“the firm employs 150 people”
2. “the methods they have employed to collect the data”

Question 10

vermin

Answer 10

N: wild animals that are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals, or game, or that carry disease, e.g., rodents.

Question 11

entreaty

Answer 11

N: an earnest or humble request.

He ignored his entreaties

Question 12

agony

Answer 12

N: anguish, affliction, torment; extreme physical or mental suffering.

“he crashed to the ground in agony”