Word Power Session 10

Question 0

Calligraphy

Answer 0

A penmanship as an artistic expression

Question 1

Graphology

Adjective: Graphological

Answer 1

The specialty of analyzing handwriting

Question 2

Calligrapher

Adjective: Calligraphic

Answer 2

Design and write announcements

Question 3

Cacography

Answer 3

Having bad handwriting

Question 4

Kakos

Answer 4

Bad, harsh

Question 5

Cardiograph

Answer 5

Etymologically a “heart writer”

Question 6

Photograph

Answer 6

Etymologically, “written by light”

Question 7

Phonograph

Answer 7

Etymologically, a “sound writer”

Question 8

Telegraph

Answer 8

Etymologically a “distance writer”

Question 9

Biography

Answer 9

Etymologically “life writing”

Question 10

Photos

Answer 10

Light

Question 11

Phone

Answer 11

Sound

Question 12

Bios

Answer 12

Life

Question 13

Callipygian

Answer 13

Adjective describing a shapely or attractive rear end

Question 14

Pyge

Answer 14

Buttocks

Question 15

Gerontology

Adjective: Gerontological

Answer 15

Specialty of caring for the elderly

Question 16

Senex

Answer 16

Old

Question 17

Senile

Noun: senility

Answer 17

Showing signs of physical and/or mental deterioration that generally marks very old age

Question 18

Senescent

Noun: Senescence

Answer 18

Aging, growing old

Question 19

Senior

Noun: Seniority

Answer 19

Older

Question 20

Senate

Answer 20

Originally a council of older, and presumably wiser, citizens