2-LETTER WORDS
This biblical word is often found before "& behold"
Lo
Pentagon employee Linda Tripp secretly recorded phone calls with this friend who discussed an affair with an older man
Monica Lewinski
Meerkats are members of the family of this rodent commonly found in Africa and Southern Asia
Mongoose
A moving scene in Ambroise Thomas' opera "Hamlet" includes the funeral procession of this character
Ophelia
This job title comes from akros, Greek for "highest"
Acrobat
The 2013 meeting of the Canadian Linguistics Association included a paper on "The Social Meaning of" this word
Eh
This magazine was launched in 1995 with a cover showing Cindy Crawford dressed as our first president
George
A meerkat at the San Diego zoo served as an animator's model for this character in "The Lion King"
Timon
Spoiler: Eurydice dies in Monteverdi's 1607 opera named for this protagonist
Orpheus
Tramp & Auguste are 2 different types of these performers
Clowns
"Clumsy" in language, castrated in fact, it's a type of draft animal
Ox
On July 15, 1997 this designer was killed outside his Miami Beach mansion, an event remembered in a 2018 TV event
Gianni Versace
A meerkat scans for predators in this posture, a term for a guard against surprise attack, and also a type of big robot "X-Men" foe
Sentinel
Opera composer Christoph Gluck wrote that this instrumental segment should prepare people for the play's plot
The Overture
People, not dogs, had this loud job of calling out attractions on the midway
A Barker
As an adjective, it denotes huge self-interest, like in describing an entire decade
Me
Bringing gifts & astronauts, in 1995 the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with this Russian space station
Mir
The lives of the Whiskers family on "Meerkat Manor" were filmed in this desert that occupies most of Botswana
The Kalahari
Richard Strauss' "Elektra" has a big recognition scene between the title character & him
Orestes
Desultor is an old term for someone who does this while 2 horses are running
Jump from one horse to the other
Dutch for "yes"
Ja
In the late '90s, this toy from Bandai helped you attempt adulting by raising a digital pet
Tamagotchi
Meerkats don't ever want to deal with a day of this wolf-like predator, which also feeds on carcasses
A Jackal
Unfinished at his death, his "Tales of Hoffmann" had to be completed by somebody else
Offenbach
Dangerous skills include fire-eating & this, requiring the ability to relax your esophageal sphincter
Sword Swallowing