18.1

Question 1

Acacia

Answer 1

A tree with yellow or white flowers. There are several types of acacia tree, some of which produce a sticky liquid used in making glue.

Question 2

Anklet (2)

Answer 2

A piece of jewellery worn around the ankle.

A type of very short sock.

Question 3

Aspen

Answer 3

A type of poplar tree, with leaves that move even when there is very little wind. Also a town in US.

Question 4

Axiomatic

Answer 4

True in such an obvious way that you do not need to prove it.

Question 5

Braggadocio

Answer 5

Behaviour that seems too proud or confident.

Question 6

Broadsheet

Answer 6

A newspaper printed on a large size of paper, generally considered more serious than smaller newspapers.

Question 7

Churlish

Answer 7

Rude or bad-tempered.

Question 8

Congruence (2)

Answer 8

The quality of having the same size and shape.

The quality of being suitable for something, or being appropriate in a particular situation.

Question 9

Croup

Answer 9

A disease of children that makes them cough a lot and have difficulty breathing.

Question 10

Defamatory (noun?)

Answer 10

Intended to harm somebody by saying or writing bad or false things about them.

Def​a​ma​tion

Question 11

Disbar

Answer 11

To stop a lawyer from working in the legal profession, especially because he or she has done something illegal.

Question 12

Dray

Answer 12

A low flat vehicle pulled by horses and used in the past for carrying heavy loads, especially barrels of beer.

Question 13

Dysphoria (2)

Answer 13

A state of worry or general unhappiness.
Gender dysphoria - A condition in which somebody feels that they were born with the wrong sex.

Question 14

Epistle (2)

Answer 14

Any of the letters in the New Testament of the Bible, written by the first people who followed Christ.

A long, serious letter on an important subject.

Question 15

Etymology (2)

Answer 15

The study of the origin and history of words and their meanings.
Folk/popular etymology - A popular but wrong belief about the origin of a word or phrase.

Question 16

Flax

Answer 16

A plant with blue flowers, grown for its stem that is used to make thread and its seeds that are used to make linseed oil.

Question 17

Foist on/upon

Answer 17

To force somebody to accept somebody/something that they do not want.

Question 18

Gusher

Answer 18

An oil well where the oil comes out quickly and in large quantities.

Question 19

Interlock

Answer 19

To fit or be fastened firmly together.

Question 20

Lanyard (2)

Answer 20

A string that you wear around your neck or wrist for holding something.

A rope used to fasten something, for example the sail of a ship.

Question 21

Notary

Answer 21

A person, especially a lawyer, with official authority to be a witness when somebody signs a document and to make this document valid in law.

Question 22

Obeisance (2)

Answer 22

Respect for somebody/something or willingness to obey somebody.

The act of bending your head or the upper part of your body in order to show respect for somebody/something.

Question 23

Ontological (2)

Answer 23

Connected with the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of existence.

That shows the relationships between all the concepts and categories in a subject area.

Question 24

Opprobrium

Answer 24

Severe criticism of a person, country, etc. by a large group of people.

Question 25

Parallax

Answer 25

The effect by which the position or direction of an object appears to change when the object is seen from different positions.

Question 26

Passover

Answer 26

The Jewish religious festival and holiday in memory of the _escape _ exit of the Jews from Egypt.

Question 27

Peregrine

Answer 27

A grey and white bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) that can be trained to hunt for sport.

Question 28

Poinsettia

Answer 28

A tropical plant with large red or pink leaves that grow to look like flowers, often grown indoors in pots.

Question 29

Probity

Answer 29

The quality of being completely honest.

Question 30

Probate

Answer 30

To prove that a will is valid.

Question 31

Provost

Answer 31

A head, high official, or senior officer of a university or college, governments, or armed forces.

Question 32

Pupa, plural?

Answer 32

An insect in the stage of development between a larva and an adult insect. Plural is pupae.

Question 33

Purl

Answer 33

A stitch used in knitting. Also verb.

Question 34

Selfsame

Answer 34

Used to emphasize that two people or things are the same.

Question 35

Sepulchre

Answer 35

A place for a dead body, either cut in rock or built of stone.

Question 36

Sloop

Answer 36

A small sailing ship with one mast (= a post to support the sails)

Question 37

Sturgeon

Answer 37

A large sea and freshwater fish that lives in northern regions. Sturgeon are used for food and the eggs (called caviar) are also eaten.

Question 38

Sweepstake

Answer 38

A type of betting in which the winner gets all the money bet by everyone else.

Question 39

Synopsis

Answer 39

A summary of a piece of writing, a play, etc.

Question 40

Taxonomy

Answer 40

A particular system of classifying things, process of doing so.

Question 41

The International Herald

Answer 41

The former name of the New York Times International Edition.

Question 42

Tribune (3)

Answer 42

An official elected by the people in ancient Rome to defend their rights; a popular leader. A raised area that somebody stands on to make a speech or a raised area with seats, especially in a church. An independent British left-wing political magazine, established in 1937, which represents the views of some members of the Labour Party. It used to support very left-wing policies but in recent times has become more moderate. In 2018 it moved from publishing every two weeks to publishing every two months.

Question 43

Victuals

Answer 43

Food and drink.