PRSQT? - Answers1. Parquetry (from Old French parc, enclosure) refers to designs in wood. The parquetry in some of the mansions involved intricate mosaics of various colored woods.2. Getting friendly again. The diplomat’s dream was for a rapprochement between the two warring factions. (It’s from French rapprocher, to bring together.) 3. Sepia is a darkish shade of brown. The term sepia (from Greek via Latin) means cuttlefish, a creature which secretes a dark fluid sometimes used in ink. 4. Querulous (from Latin queri, to complain) means peevish, grumbling. Her critical comments were exacerbated by her querulous tone. 5. A trenail (from tree and nail) is a wooden peg for boat-building. Trenails (aka treenails or trunnels) were inserted in holes bored in timbers, and would swell when wet, securing their gripping power. |
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