Set 15

Question 1

meet up

Answer 1

meet up

Question 2

anomie

Answer 2

anomie

Question 3

blackball

Answer 3

blackball

Question 4

hankering

Answer 4

hankering

Question 5

dress sb down

Answer 5

dress sb down

Question 6

slay/slew/slain

Answer 6

slay/slew/slain

Question 7

brickbat

Answer 7

brickbat

Question 8

umpire

Answer 8

umpire

Question 9

underhandedness

Answer 9

underhandedness

Question 10

flak

Answer 10

flak

Question 11

backhanded

Answer 11

backhanded

Question 12

spill one’s guts

Answer 12

spill one’s guts

Question 13

ascribe

Answer 13

ascribe

Question 14

wrangle

Answer 14

wrangle

Question 15

kick the can

Answer 15

kick the can

Question 16

be hung up on sth

Answer 16

be hung up on sth

Question 17

impropriety

Answer 17

impropriety

Question 18

innate

Answer 18

innate

Question 19

badinage

Answer 19

badinage

Question 20

pull a face

Answer 20

pull a face

Question 21

unyielding

Answer 21

unyielding

Question 22

tantrum

Answer 22

tantrum

Question 23

draw on

Answer 23

draw on

Question 24

rambunctious

Answer 24

rambunctious

Question 25

demean

Answer 25

demean

Question 26

swat

Answer 26

swat

Question 27

dreck

Answer 27

dreck

Question 28

beneficence

Answer 28

beneficence

Question 29

coffer

Answer 29

coffer

Question 30

preordained

Answer 30

preordained

Question 31

set forth

Answer 31

set forth

Question 32

buy-in

Answer 32

buy-in

Question 33

foible

Answer 33

foible

Question 34

in light of

Answer 34

in light of

Question 35

acumen

Answer 35

acumen

Question 36

latch on to

Answer 36

latch on to

Question 37

decorum

Answer 37

decorum

Question 38

sidetrack

Answer 38

sidetrack

Question 39

sleep in

Answer 39

sleep in

Question 40

slither

Answer 40

slither

Question 41

equanimity

Answer 41

equanimity

Question 42

recuperative

Answer 42

recuperative

Question 43

misanthrope

Answer 43

misanthrope

Question 44

pull rank

Answer 44

pull rank

Question 45

jugular

Answer 45

jugular

Question 46

pit sb/sth against sb/sth

Answer 46

pit sb/sth against sb/sth

Question 47

assiduous

Answer 47

assiduous

Question 48

hem and haw

Answer 48

hem and haw

Question 49

accost

Answer 49

accost

Question 50

modicum

Answer 50

modicum

Question 51

spellbind

Answer 51

spellbind

Question 52

aggrandize

Answer 52

aggrandize

Question 53

every now and then

Answer 53

every now and then

Question 54

blurt

Answer 54

blurt

Question 55

veil

Answer 55

veil

Question 56

push the envelope

Answer 56

push the envelope

Question 57

leave sb high and dry

Answer 57

leave sb high and dry

Question 58

tutelage

Answer 58

tutelage

Question 59

feisty

Answer 59

feisty

Question 60

beyond your wildest dreams

Answer 60

beyond your wildest dreams

to a degree or in a way you had never thought possible
…Suddenly she was rich beyond her wildest dreams.
…The plan succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
…Because even in our wildest financial dreams, we’ll never earn our way out of it.
— More, faster, better (Rosie Spinks • Jan 26, 2024 • Substack)

Question 61

floor

Answer 61

floor

noun

…

verb

TODO

Question 62

flog a dead horse

Answer 62

flog a dead horse

1 : to keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided
…I don’t mean to flog a dead horse, but I still don’t understand what happened.

2 : to waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible
…He keeps trying to get it published but I think he’s flogging a dead horse.

> Merriam-Webster, Cambridge Dictionary