NSPGR: Could It Be Spring? - Answers1. Unimportant, trifling, insignificant (from Latin nugax, bungling). The politician’s speech was filled with irrelevant, nugacious information.2. Woodsy, near or related to woods (from Latin silva, forest). The sylvan landscape was eyed with admiration by the poets, with greed by the lumbermen. 3. Steep cliffs, especially along a river (from French palissade, palings). The term palisades also refers to the poles used in fences surrounding forts, villages and such. 4. A gosling is a young goose (from late-Middle English goselyng). The mother goose swam by, with her goslings trailing behind (the gander was nowhere to be seen). 5. A grin, grimace, or wide-open mouth (from Latin ringi, to gape). The startled hiker’s mouth formed a rictus of horror when she spotted the leopard. |
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