2023-2024 P. 6 Class Words

4. (adj) extremely loud; having a powerful voice (the name of a Greek warrior who fought at Troy)
6. (n) A box used to light sticks called matches on fire (friction match invented in 1820s)
8. (N) a sudden brief rush of wind (Norse “gustr”)
9. (n) training hawks to hunt in cooperation with a person (started 5000 BCE Mongolia)
14. (n) the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake (Germanic origin; related to bench)
15. (adj) stubborn (“having a head resembling a pig,” 1610s)
16. (n) The ability to withstand hardship or adversity (from French word meaning make hard)
18. (detach a gun from its limber so it can be used (“un”+ “limber” 1760)
19. (n) The leaves of a tree or plant (Latin “folium” leaf)
20. (noun ) a mass nerve tissue at the base of the brian that controls bodily functions (Latin for oblong or elongated)
22. (n) a child prodigy (German “wunder” wonder + “kind” child)
23. (adj) having the power to increase proportion (Latin “dia” through’ + “phorein” carry)

1. (v) to discourage or dispirit (originated in Shakespeare’s play Henry V)
2. (V) present or constitute a problem, danger, or difficulty (late Latin/French)
3. (adj) not allowing an opening for denial or refusal (Latin word, premiere)
5. (n) one who fusses over trifles (associated with Lucy from the 1960s Peanuts comic)
7. (n) Government by technical experts, scientists, and engineers (like democracy but with tech)
8. Biloba (n) a tree whose extract might improve mental functioning (from a wrong translation of its Japanese name)
10. (v) to repeat in a shorter form (Latin re- ‘again’ + capitulum ‘chapter’)
11. (n) theory of evolution that states animals and plants develop through natural selection (Charles Darwin)
12. (n) a name or title (from Latin word that means to appeal)
13. (verb) to bend one knee, as in worship (Latin noun genu “knee” and flectere “to bend”)
17. (n) the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer (Latin word “opera”)
21. (v) become pale (Germanic origin, related to blanch)