VOCABULARY quiz
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What is the craft of handmaking and decorating albums of photos and family keepsakes called?
The name comes from the word "scrapbook", meaning such an album.
Which animal does the Latin word "lupus" mean?
What are wounds on the body regarded as a sign of a special bond with God called?
Stigmatics included Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.
What is the inability to understand, identify, name and express emotions called?
The name comes from the Greek words "lexis" (word) and "thymos" (emotion) with the negating prefix "a".
What is strass?
It is made of cut glass or acrylic glass. The name comes from its inventor's surname.
Whose lives does hagiography describe?
The name comes from the Greek words "hagios", meaning holy, and "graphein", meaning to write. Hagiography arose in the time of the early Christians.
What is the field that studies criminal offenders and the causes of their acts called?
The term comes from the Latin word "crimen" (crime) and the Greek "logos" (study).
What currency is used in the Philippines?
How many musicians make up a quintet?
5
A quintet is a genre of chamber music, a work in sonata form written for five performers. Since the Classical era it has been known for its rich palette of sound.
What does semiotics study?
It is also called the general theory of signs. The name comes from the Greek "sēma", sign.
What is a dervish?
Dervish brotherhoods arose from the 11th century onward and were based on the doctrine of Sufism.
What is a flat pillar projecting slightly from the face of a wall called?
What is the treat made of fluffy sugar threads wound on a stick called?
It is made in a special machine by melting sugar and cooling it suddenly.
What is the shaved circle on the crown of the head once worn by monks called?
The name comes from a Latin word meaning "shearing".
What is resistance training based on bodyweight exercises called?
The name comes from the Greek words for "beauty" and "strength".
What is the upper part of a façade in the form of a low wall or balustrade that hides the roof called?
How many barrels does a double-barreled shotgun have?
2
What was a chamberlain?
He served in the ruler's private chambers.
What is the stroller and observer of street life, a figure associated with 19th-century France, called?
The French word means a wanderer, stroller or idler.
What is the articulation consisting of the rapid repetition of many notes of the same pitch called?
The name comes from Italian and means trembling.
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