UNUSUAL WORDS CXIV

 

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

 

1. AGIO

2. PELF

3. LISLE

4. OSIER 

5. QUOIN 

6. KEDGE 

7. ORISON 

8. SAURIAN

9. AMISTAD

10. GENTIAN 

 

Answers:

 

1. AGIO - Fee charged for exchanging currencies

 

2. PELF - Money, when gained in a criminal or dishonorable way

 

3. LISLE  - A fine, smooth cotton thread used for hosiery

 

4. OSIER - A willow tree whose flexible twigs are used in making baskets

 

5. QUOIN - Cornerstone

 

6. KEDGE - A small anchor

 

7. ORISON - A prayer

 

8. SAURIAN - Lizard-like

 

9. AMISTAD - Friendship

 

10. GENTIAN - A plant of mountainous regions with vivid blue or violet trumpet-shaped flowers