24 Nov

Question 1

maiden

Answer 1

being or involving the first attempt or act of its kind.; inaugral,introductory
an unmarried girl or young woman.
an over in which no runs are scored.

Question 2

rue

ruing

Answer 2

regret

Question 3

scuttle

Answer 3

run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.
scamper
bustle

Question 4

assuage

Answer 4

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
relieve
alleviate
satisfy

Question 5

upend

Answer 5

set or turn (something) on its end or upside down.

Question 6

gale

Answer 6

a very strong wind.

an outburst of laughter

Question 7

emanate

Answer 7

originate from; be produced by.
give out or emit (a feeling, quality, or sensation).
exude

Question 8

tout

Answer 8

attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach.

Question 9

milieu

Answer 9

a person’s social environment.

Question 10

imperil

Answer 10

put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed.
endanger
jeopardize

Question 11

unenviable

Answer 11

difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant.

disagreeable

Question 12

fraught

Answer 12

anxious
worried
upset

Question 13

entrench

Answer 13

establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
ensconce
lodge

Question 14

autocracy

Answer 14

a system of government by one person with absolute power

Question 15

culminate

Answer 15

reach a climax or point of highest development.

Question 16

lurch

Answer 16

make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger.

Question 17

parlous

Answer 17

full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.

excessively or greatly

Question 18

insistence

Answer 18

he fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done.

Question 19

desecrate

Answer 19

treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

Question 20

amenable

Answer 20

open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
compliant
susceptible

Question 21

vituperative

Answer 21

bitter and abusive

Question 22

duopoly

Answer 22

A duopoly is a situation where two companies together own all, or nearly all, of the market for a given product or service.

Question 23

teflon

Answer 23

denoting someone whose reputation remains undamaged in spite of scandal or misjudgement

Question 24

impending

Answer 24

(of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen; forthcoming.

Question 25

contingent

Answer 25

subject to chance. occurring or existing only if (certain circumstances) are the case; dependent on. a group of people sharing a common feature, forming part of a larger group.

Question 26

lackluster

Answer 26

lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring. dull humdrum

Question 27

uptick

Answer 27

a small increase or slight upward trend.

Question 28

seroprevalence

Answer 28

the level of a pathogen in a population, as measured in blood serum.

Question 29

accretion

Answer 29

accumulate collecting gather amass

Question 30

rapturous

Answer 30

characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm

Question 31

lacuna

Answer 31

an unfilled space; a gap | a cavity or depression, especially in bone.

Question 32

collapsology

Answer 32

The term collapsology is a neologism used to designate the transdisciplinary study of the risks of collapse of industrial civilization.

Question 33

feudalism

Answer 33

he dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labour, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.

Question 34

radicalism

Answer 34

the beliefs or actions of people who advocate thorough or complete political or social reform

Question 35

bellwether

Answer 35

the leading sheep of a flock, with a bell on its neck. | something that leads or indicates a trend.

Question 36

lineage

Answer 36

direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree

Question 37

phylogenetic

Answer 37

relating to the evolutionary development and diversification of a species or group of organisms, or of a particular feature of an organism.

Question 38

scansorial

Answer 38

relating to, capable of, or adapted for climbing

Question 39

perfuse

Answer 39

permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality

Question 40

parenchyma

Answer 40

the functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue.

Question 41

saccular

Answer 41

Being like a small pouch

Question 42

taxonomic

Answer 42

concerned with the classification of things, especially organisms

Question 43

clutch

Answer 43

a tight grasp.