6 april

Question 1

provenance

Answer 1

the place of origin or earliest known history of something.

Question 2

travail

Answer 2

engage in painful or laborious effort.

Question 3

tweak

Answer 3

twist or pull (something) sharply.

Question 4

assuage

Answer 4

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

satisfy (an appetite or desire).

Question 5

insurmountable

Answer 5

too great to be overcome.

Question 6

proselytize

Answer 6

convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.

Question 7

bequeath

Answer 7

leave (property) to a person or other beneficiary by a will.

pass (something) on or leave (something) to someone else.

Question 8

fritter away

Answer 8

to spend or use up (something) in a slow and usually foolish way

Question 9

don

Answer 9

put on (an item of clothing).

Question 10

jettison

Answer 10

throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

Question 11

relinquish

Answer 11

voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

Question 12

emasculate

Answer 12

: to deprive (as a law or judicial opinion) of force or effectiveness.

Question 13

quiescent

Answer 13

in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy.

inactive; latent

Question 14

hypothecation

Answer 14

Hypothecation is the practice where a debtor pledges collateral to secure a debt or as a condition precedent to the debt, or a third party pledges collateral for the debtor.

Question 15

bete noir

Answer 15

a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.

bugbear; anathema ; abomination ; bogey