2021 May

Question 1

Hyaline

Answer 1

Having a glassy, translucent appearance

Question 2

Entelechy

Answer 2

The realization of potential

Question 3

Infobesity

Answer 3

The process of encountering a deluge of information

Question 4

Syncretism

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The (attempted) inosculation of various religions and cultures

Question 5

Betide

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Happen

Question 6

Irrefragable

Answer 6

Indisputable

Question 7

Polychromy

Answer 7

The art of painting in several colours (such as in pottery)

Question 8

Cryptonym

Answer 8

A code name

Question 9

Leonine

Answer 9

Relating to one of the popes names Leo

Question 10

Solatium

Answer 10

A thing given to someone as a form of compensation or consolation

Question 11

Raillery

Answer 11

Good humoured teasing

Question 12

Imprimatur

Answer 12

An official licence by the Roman Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical or religious book

Question 13

ecclesiastical

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Relating to the Roman Catholic Church and its clergy

Question 14

Piedmont

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A gentle slope leading down from the base of mountains to a region of flat land

Question 15

Anamnesis

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The remembrance of things from a previous existence

A patient’s account of a medical history

Question 16

Zelig

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A person who can change and adapt to any situation

Question 17

Corrigendum

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A thing to be corrected (e.g., in printed material)

Question 18

Stoush

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To argue or quarrel

Fight or argument

Question 19

Capstone

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A stone fixed atop a wall or other surface

Question 20

Refection

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Refreshment by food and drink

Question 21

Synecdoche

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A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole

(e.g., Cleveland won by six runs)

Question 22

Astir

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In a state of excited movement

Question 23

Prurient

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Salacious

Question 24

Pare

Answer 24

Cut off

Reduce

Question 25

Stalwart

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Staunch, loyal, diligent, hardworking

Question 26

Lichen

Answer 26

A slow-growing plant that forms on rocks, walls, and trees; | Skin disease characterized by pimples/ bumps appearing closely together

Question 27

Olivaceous

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Olive green

Question 28

Lanolin

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A fatty substance found in sheep’s wool; used primarily for ointments

Question 29

Calciferol

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One of the D vitamins that is routinely added to dairy products

Question 30

Endogenous

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Having an internal cause of origin

Question 31

Yare

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(Of a ship) responding promptly to the helm | Easily manageable

Question 32

Aplomb

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Poise | Self confidence or assurance

Question 33

Prepend

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To add something to the beginning of something else

Question 34

Cenotaph

Answer 34

A monument to someone buried elsewhere