UNUSUAL WORDS XCI

Can you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words?

1. ERUCT

2. CHOCK

3. RICTUS

4. ARRANT

5. ENNEAD

6. MANTISSA

7. INNOMINATE

8. SACERDOTAL

9. TERGIVERSATE

10. PATTHENOGENESIS 

Answers:

 

1. ERUCT - To burp/belch

 

2. CHOCK - A wedge placed behind a wheel to keep it from moving / With full - filled to overflowing

 

3. RICTUS - A fixed grimace or grin

 

4. ARRANT - Downright, thorough, flagrant - an arrant fool 

5. ENNEAD - A group or set of nine

6. MANTISSA - [math] The part of a logarithm to the right of the decimal point

7. INNOMINATE - Anonymous, without a name

8. SACERDOTAL - Relating to priests or the priesthood

 

9. TERGIVERSATE - (ter GI ver sate) Desert a cause or party, apostatize,

 Make evasive statements, equivocate 

10. PARTHENOGENESIS - A natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of an embryo occur directly from an egg without need for fertilization