January 2018

Question 1

Fete

Answer 1

1. Festival
2. A lavish often outdoor entertainment
3. A large elaborate party

Question 2

Accentuate

Answer 2

1. Accent, emphasize; also : intensify

Question 3

Sacerdotal

Answer 3

1 : Of or relating to priests or a priesthood : priestly

2 : Of, relating to, or suggesting religious belief emphasizing the powers of priests as essential mediators between God and humankind

Question 4

Hornswoggle

Answer 4

1. Bamboozle, hoax

Question 5

Bindle Stiff

Answer 5

1. Hobo; especially : one who carries his clothes or bedding in a bundle

Question 6

Vapid

Answer 6

1. Lacking flavor, zest, animation, or spirit : flat, dull

Question 7

Gainsay

Answer 7

1. To declare to be untrue or invalid

2. Contradict, oppose

Question 8

Mutatis Muntandis

Answer 8

1. With the necessary changes having been made

2. With the respective differences having been considered

Question 9

Officinal

Answer 9

1. Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain : medicinal

Question 10

Cohort

Answer 10

1. Companion, colleague

2. A group of individuals having a statistical factor (such as age or class membership) in common in a demographic study

Question 11

Placate

Answer 11

1. To soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease

Question 12

Reprehensible

Answer 12

1. Worthy of or deserving reprehension, blame, or censure : culpable

Question 13

Stanch

Answer 13

1. To check or stop the flowing of; also : to stop the flow of blood from (a wound)
2. To stop or check in its course

Question 14

Demiurge

Answer 14

1. One that is an autonomous creative force or decisive power

Question 15

Intrepid

Answer 15

1. Characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance

Question 16

Adapt

Answer 16

1. To make or become fit (as for a new use) often by modification

Question 17

Famish

Answer 17

1. To cause to suffer severely from hunger

2. To suffer for lack of something necessary

Question 18

Homiletic

Answer 18

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a homily

2. Of or relating to the art of preaching; also : preachy

Question 19

Trammel

Answer 19

1. Something impeding activity, progress, or freedom : restraint — usually used in plural
2. A net for catching birds or fish; especially : trammel net

Question 20

Bespoke

Answer 20

1. Custom-made

2. Dealing in or producing custom-made articles

Question 21

Extenuate

Answer 21

1. To lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses : mitigate
2. To lessen the strength or effect of

Question 22

Leonine

Answer 22

1. Of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion

Question 23

Synchronicity

Answer 23

1. The quality or fact of being synchronous
2. The coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality — used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung

Question 24

Contrite

Answer 24

1. Feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming

Question 25

Mansuetude

Answer 25

1. The quality or state of being gentle

Question 26

Retrodict

Answer 26

1. To utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs)

Question 27

Nebulous

Answer 27

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a nebula | 2. Indistinct, vague

Question 28

Popinjay

Answer 28

1. A strutting supercilious person

Question 29

Anthropomorphic

Answer 29

1. Described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes 2. Ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things

Question 30

Tincture

Answer 30

1. A characteristic quality : cast | 2. A slight admixture : trace

Question 31

Irrupt

Answer 31

1. To rush in forcibly or violently | 2. To become active or violent especially suddenly : erupt