Infinite Powers

Question 1

maw

Answer 1

the jaws or throat of a voracious animal

Question 2

bootstrapping

Answer 2

the technique of starting with existing resources to create something more complex and effective

Question 3

inference

Answer 3

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Question 4

empirically

Answer 4

by means of observation or experience, rather than theory or pure logic.

Question 5

continua

Answer 5

a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, although the extremes are quite distinct.

Question 6

penchant

Answer 6

a strong or habitual liking

Question 7

golem

Answer 7

a clay figure brought to life by magic

Question 8

hubris

Answer 8

excessive pride or self-confidence

Question 9

inscrutable

Answer 9

impossible to understand or interpret.

Question 10

burgeoning

Answer 10

beginning to grow or increase rapidly; flourishing

Question 11

tumult

Answer 11

confused noise

Question 12

tumult

Answer 12

confused noise

Question 13

underpinned

Answer 13

supported

Question 14

Emboldened

Answer 14

give courage or confidence to do something or to behave in a certain way

Question 15

predilection

Answer 15

liking

Question 16

protagonist

Answer 16

the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

Question 17

chasten

Answer 17

correct someone so they are humiliated.

Question 18

rectilinear

Answer 18

straight lines

Question 19

shards

Answer 19

fragment

Question 20

piece

Answer 20

stick

Question 21

oblique

Answer 21

slanting

Question 22

legerdemain

Answer 22

sleight of hand

Question 23

comport

Answer 23

agree with

Question 24

palimpsest

Answer 24

a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

Question 25

expunged

Answer 25

removed

Question 26

recant

Answer 26

say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical: heretics were burned if they would not recant.

Question 27

apocryphal

Answer 27

dubious

Question 28

ingenuity

Answer 28

imagination

Question 29

spurious

Answer 29

bogus

Question 30

chagrin

Answer 30

annoyance