Let's Put "Us" in the Act (Part I) Quiz

Answer: abstemious

An abstemious person eats or drinks with no excess.

An avaricious person is downright greedy.

A brusk person (also spelled brusque) is often rude by means of cutting people off or saying way too little.

A bumptious person is over-the-top pushy and aggressive.

Answer: usury

Usury is a term pertaining to the charging of interests on loans.

Circumfusion pertains to liquids and, specifically, to being surrounded by liquids and also to the act of spreading fluids around something completely.

Disingenuousness refers to the quality of being untrustworthy, indirect and or calculating.

Garrulousness denotes someone who simply speaks way too much, often rambling off the subject and making no sense.

Answer: genus

Genus is a classifying term, particularly in biology.

A genius is a person imbued with unusual intelligence or originality.

Geosynchronous refers to an orbit equal to one sidereal day. A sidereal day is three minutes and fifty-six seconds short of a 24-hour day.

A lusterless object has a flat appearance which does not shine.

Answer: magus

Magus is the name of a caste of Zoroastrian sorcerers, astrologers and magicians. "The Magus" is also a novel by the British novelist John Fowles.

Luteous is the name of a greenish yellow color.

A malicious act is done with evil intent or a nasty spirit.

Nitrous quite basically means containing niter or potassium nitrate.

Answer: gambusia

Gambusia is a fish, sometimes called topminnows or mosquito fish. They seem to be valued in aquariums, and they are viviparous, which is to say they give birth to live young.

Hausfrau is a term which pertains to a housewife, the woman or wife of the house.

Moussaka is the delicious lasagna-like Greek entrée consisting of layered eggplant, spicy ground meat and thick sauce--béchamel or white sauce for example.

Luscious is an adjective referring to the quality of being enormously satisfying, delicious and/or pleasing to the senses.

Answer: modus

The word "modus" is probably familiar to you already as in "modus operandi," or way of operating.

To be "hypersusceptible" is to be extremely vulnerable or prone to something.
Hyper equals more than enough or excessive as in "hypertension."

Euphoniousness refers to something sounding pleasant. Here the prefix "euph" is a synonym for pleasant.

"Judicious" is an adjective speaking of a thoughtful, balanced way of deciding or thinking.

Answer: abacus

An abacus is what is calling a counting frame. The origin seems to date to the Mesopotamians in 2700 BC.

To ambush an opposing force involves ambushers who hide themselves and then come upon (and attempt to defeat) their enemy.

An infuser refers to something which helps vitalize and animate something, often by pouring. A tea infuser is the device which holds a tea bag during the brewing process.

Idoneous is an adjective verifying that something or somebody is proper, appropriate and acceptable for a job, a position, or a resolution.

Answer: musjid

Musjid is a variant spelling of masjid. Prostration refers to putting the body in a position of reverent respect or prayer.

Acajous is the plural name for a type of mahogany wood.

Amorous means to be deeply in love. Remember the Latin god, Amor, also known as Cupid, who was the son of Venus and Mars.

Glabrous is a condition which would put Gillette and other razor companies out of business if we were all that way. It is a situation in which the skin is without hairs and utterly smooth.

Answer: arduous

An arduous trip is one marked by obstacles, delays, deprivations and/or difficulties.

To be imporous is to be without pores, in other words to be extremely dense physically.

In simple terms, ferrous is to contain iron.

To fluster someone is to take them off stride, to confuse and agitate someone from their normal ways.

Answer: indusium

Indusium is a technical term in biology which refers to a delicate enclosing membrane. A sorus is the part of a fern that produces spores.

As we all know, a hiatus is a pause, break or interruption in a dramatic performance, a musical piece or even a career.

Gypseous is having or looking like gypsum, a clay loam-like substance.

Fusilier refers to a soldier bearing a fusil which is a special kind of musket or long gun.