Write the meaning of the following: A)Adscititious. B)Calliope. C)Extemporize. D)Fecund
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Answer:
Adscititious- not integral
Calliope- an American keyboard instrument resembling an organ but with the notes produced by steam whistles, formerly used on showboats and in travelling fairs.
Extemporize- compose or perform something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise.
Fecund- able to produce a lot of children, crops, young animals, etc.
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Explanation:
A)Adscititious comes from a very "knowledgeable" family-it ultimately derives from scire, the Latin verb meaning "to know." ...Adscititious itself comes to us from scire by way of the Latin verb adsciscere, which means "to admit" or "to adopt."
B)With a name literally meaning "beautiful-voiced" (from kallos,meaning "beauty," and ops, meaning "voice"), Calliope was the most prominent of the Muses-the nine sister goddesses who in Greek mythology presided over poetry, song, and the arts and sciences.
C)Extemporize. To extemporize is to improvise, especially without preparation. When you extemporize, you're making it up as you go along.
D)Fecund.producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly fertile.