The Explorers, p. 137 - 176

Question 1

dyspepsia

Answer 1

indigestion

Question 2

countenance

Answer 2

a person’s face or facial expression.

Question 3

chagrin

Answer 3

distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated; “Having been beaten in a trial of soothsaying (1 : the act of foretelling events; prediction; prophecy), Calchas died of chagrin or committed suicide”.

Question 4

malady

Answer 4

a disease or ailment.

Question 5

Where is the nave located in a church?

Answer 5

The centre area.

Question 6

Sultan

Answer 6

A type of muslim ruler.

Question 7

Palsy

Answer 7

paralysis, especially that which is accompanied by involuntary tremors: “a kind of palsy had seized him”.

Question 8

Bedouin

Answer 8

A nomadic Arab of the desert.

Question 9

Milquetoast

Answer 9

a person who is timid or submissive:

Question 10

piloerection (pie-lo-erection)

Answer 10

involuntary erection or bristling of hairs due to a sympathetic reflex usually triggered by cold, shock, or fright or due to a sympathomimetic agent.

Question 11

Somatic anxiety

Answer 11

Somatic (of or relating to the body, especially as distinct from the mind) Anxiety - The physical symptoms of anxiety, such as butterflies in the stomach.

Question 12

Theology

Answer 12

the study of the nature of God and religious belief.

Question 13

Vanity

Answer 13

1. excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements 2. the quality of being worthless or futile

Question 14

smock

Answer 14

a loose garment worn over one’s clothes to protect them: an artist’s smock.

Question 15

pilgrimage

Answer 15

a journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected.