2021 Apr

Question 1

Pleonasm

Answer 1

The use of more words than are necessary

E.g.,

Black darkness

Question 2

Accoutrement

Answer 2

Additional items of dress or equipment worn for special occasions

Question 3

Chicanery

Answer 3

Trickery

Question 4

Buttress

Answer 4

A prop or safeguard

Question 5

Buttressed

Answer 5

Fortified

Question 6

Cogent

Answer 6

Convincing

Question 7

Cassandra

Answer 7

A prophet of disaster

Question 8

Pandowdy

Answer 8

A kind of spiced apple pie fried in a deep dish

Question 9

Ratel

Answer 9

A honey badger

Question 10

Quiddity

Answer 10

The inherent nature of essence of someone

Question 11

Coda

Answer 11

The concluding passage of a piece of statement

Question 12

Dyspeptic

Answer 12

Bad-tempered

Question 13

Cognoscente

Answer 13

A connoisseur

Question 14

Schuss

Answer 14

SHUU-S

A straight downhill run on skis

Question 15

Theodolite

Answer 15

A surveying instrument with a rotating telescope for measuring horizontal and vertical angles

Question 16

Veblen

Answer 16

Describes a good which experiences a high demand after use

Question 17

Ad hominem

Answer 17

Relating to an argument directed against a person instead of the issues being discussed

Question 18

Miscegenation

Answer 18

Interracial breeding

Question 19

Coffer

Answer 19

A strongbox

Fund

Question 20

Sprachgefühl

Answer 20

An intuitive feeling of a language

Question 21

Lagomorph

Answer 21

A hare, rabbit or pika

Question 22

Volute

Answer 22

A spiral scroll
Sea mollusk

(Adj.) | forming a spiral curve or curves

Question 23

Amuse-gueule

Answer 23

Appetizer

Question 24

Esculent

Answer 24

Fit to be eaten

Edible

Question 25

Indefatigable

Answer 25

Tireless

Question 26

Protean

Answer 26

Ever-changing Versatile

Question 27

Confer

Answer 27

Bestow on | Consult

Question 28

Coeval

Answer 28

Contemporary

Question 29

Obnubilate

Answer 29

To darken with a cloud To obscure

Question 30

Icarus paradox

Answer 30

Referring to the phenomenon of businesses failing abruptly after rapid success

Question 31

Digerati

Answer 31

IT experts

Question 32

Nodus

Answer 32

A problem, difficulty, or complication

Question 33

Doula

Answer 33

A woman who provides support during pregnancy training

Question 34

Bereft

Answer 34

Deprived of | Sad (due to death or departure)

Question 35

Despondent

Answer 35

Disheartened

Question 36

Waggish

Answer 36

Playful

Question 37

Staccato

Answer 37

Performed with each note detached from the others

Question 38

Numismatic

Answer 38

Relating to coins and medals

Question 39

Inosculate

Answer 39

Join by intertwining or placing closely together

Question 40

Asterism

Answer 40

A prominent pattern or group of stars

Question 41

Billet-doux

Answer 41

A love letter

Question 42

Confrere

Answer 42

A colleague

Question 43

Futz

Answer 43

To waste time

Question 44

Heuristic

Answer 44

Enabling someone to learn more about themselves

Question 45

Synechode

Answer 45

A technique in which a part represents the whole entity