UNUSUAL WORDS CIV

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

1. LOAM

2. BIOME 

3. UMIAK

4. GRAVID

5. OEUVRE

6. AEOLIAN

7. ULULATE

8. UMBRAGE

9. PARVENUE

10. SYNECDOCHE

 

Answers:

 

1. LOAM - Rich, fertile soil

 

2. BIOME - A large, naturally occurring area of plants and animals - or lack of them, such as a rainforest or tundra

 

3. UMIAK - A  traditional Inuit open boat made of a wooden frame covered in skins 

 

4. GRAVID - Pregnant

 

5. OEUVRE - A work of art, music, or literature  

 

6. AEOLIAN - Of the wind

 

7.  ULULATE - Howl or wail, as in grief

 

8. UMBRAGE -  Offense, annoyance (as in take umbrage)

 

9.  PARVENUE -  A person relatively new to a higher economic/social class - upstart, nouveau riche

 

10. SYNECDOCHE - A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole (the admiral commanded 100 sails)