Words dunno VIII

Question 1

cherub

Answer 1

N: in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic literature, a celestial winged being with human, animal, or birdlike characteristics

Question 2

netherworld

Answer 2

N: the underworld, hell

Question 3

purgatory

Answer 3

N: a state of uncertainty and suffering in the afterlife that is neither heaven nor hell; torment, torture

the punishment of souls in purgatory

A: having the quality of cleansing and purifying

A: purgatorial

Question 4

embargo

Answer 4

N: an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with certain country

an embargo on grain sales

V: be embarged; banned

The country was officially embargoed of

2. seize (a ship or goods) for stat

They must embargo means of transport.

Question 5

barge

Answer 5

N: a flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight, built mainly for river and canal transport of bulk goods

Question 6

childbearing

Answer 6

N: the process of giving birth to children

women of childbearing age

Question 7

strut

Answer 7

N: A rod or bar forming part of a framework to resist compression
2. a stiff and arrogant gait

a supporting strut
2. that old confident strut and swagger has returned

V: walk with arrogance
2.brace sth with a strut

peacocks strut through the grounds
2. the holes were close-boarded and strutted

Question 8

gait

Answer 8

N: a person’s manner of walking; walk

The easy gait of an athlete

2. the paces or an animal, especially: horse, dog.

Question 9

bereaved

Answer 9

A: deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.

bereaved families
he is slowly getting over his bereavement.

N: bereavement

Question 10

sinecure

Answer 10

N: an easy job

Conis’ job was a sinecure that could be done by anyone
N: sinecurism
N: sinecurist

Question 11

commode

Answer 11

N: a movable toilet

2. a chest of drawers( for fashion)

Question 12

prudence

Answer 12

N: wisdom; judgment, common sense

2. caution, care
3. thrifty, careful, budgeting

thanks to his father’s prudence, they made a bundle