Vocab

Question 1

CARN

Answer 1

flesh or meat

Question 2

carnage

Answer 2

My definition: immense pain and suffering
Google: the killing of a large number of people

Question 3

carnal

Answer 3

My answer: of bodily desires/pleasures
Google: relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities.

Question 4

carnival

Answer 4

my answer: a place where people go to have fun, involves music, dancing, and junk food
Google: a period of public revelry at a regular time each year, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade.

Question 5

incarnation

Answer 5

My answer: the flesh form of a higher being/the new form of a being
Google: a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality.

Question 6

CRED

Answer 6

believe

Question 7

credence

Answer 7

My answer: ??
Google: belief in or acceptance of something as true.

Question 8

creditable

Answer 8

My answer: trustworthy, worthy of praise and acknowledgment
Google: Worthy of belief or respect

Question 9

credulity

Answer 9

My answer: too trusting
Google: a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.

Question 10

creed

Answer 10

my answer: a code or declaration held in good faith?
Google: a set of beliefs or aims which guide someone’s actions.

Question 11

calypso

Answer 11

my answer: a kind of music with syncopated rhythm
Google: a kind of West Indian (originally Trinidadian) music in syncopated African rhythm, typically with words improvised on a topical theme.

Question 12

odyssey

Answer 12

my answer: a long journey typically with one survivor
Google: a long and eventful or adventurous journey or experience.

Question 13

FID

Answer 13

trust or faith

Question 14

affidavit

Answer 14

my answer: ???
Google: a written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use as evidence in court.

Question 15

diffident

Answer 15

my answer: ???
Google: modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.

Question 16

fiduciary

Answer 16

my answer: i think it’s something money related? like somebody who controls the money?
Google: involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary.

Question 17

perfidy

Answer 17

my answer: ???
Google: deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.

Question 18

CURR/CURS

Answer 18

to run or to go

Question 19

concurrent

Answer 19

my answer: occurring at the same time
Google: existing, happening, or done at the same time.

Question 20

cursory

Answer 20

my answer: hastily or not thoroughly done
Google: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

Question 21

discursive

Answer 21

my answer: digressing from subject to subject
Google: digressing from subject to subject.

Question 22

precursor

Answer 22

my answer: something that occurred before another thing that led to that event
Google: a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner.

Question 23

palladium

Answer 23

my answer: a metal similar in looks to platinum
Google: the chemical element of atomic number 46, a rare silvery-white metal resembling platinum.

Question 24

Penelope

Answer 24

my answer: a faithful wife
Google: the wife of Odysseus who waits faithfully for him during his 20 years’ absence