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Question 1

embouchure

Answer 1

1. The position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument. 2. The mouthpiece of a musical instrument.

‘The trumpeters experienced difficulties with their embouchure’

Question 2

Cyclone fencing

Answer 2

Same as chain link fencing

Question 3

Flattop

Answer 3

a classic hairstyle characterized by short hair on the sides and back of the head, with the top hair cut short and styled to stand upright in a flat, level plane.

Question 4

Dexedrine

Answer 4

An ADHD medication

Question 5

Dacron

Answer 5

is a polyester fiber that’s used in a variety of products, including upholstery, medical devices, and bowstrings. It’s also known by the chemical name polyethylene terephthalate (PET

Question 6

gabfest

Answer 6

a conference or other gathering with prolonged talking.
“these summits are merely empty gabfests”

Question 7

EBIT/EBITDA margin

Answer 7

EBIT/EBITDA divided by revenue

$15,000/$125,000 = 0.12 = 12%

Question 8

rive

Answer 8

Tear or be torn violently

“As he rose, a flash of lightning, that seemed to rive the remotest heights of heaven, illumined the darkness.”

Question 9

sibyl / sibylline

Answer 9

Sibyl: Prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Egypt

Sibylline: Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.

“It was a sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to all sorts of questions about the future.”

Question 10

revetment

Answer 10

in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water and protect it from erosion.

Question 11

charmeuse

Answer 11

is a lightweight, soft, and lustrous fabric

Question 12

spoor

Answer 12

the track or scent of an animal.

Question 13

rectilinear

Answer 13

Relating to a straight line

Question 14

catenary

Answer 14

the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends in a uniform gravitational field.

They zigzagged around like the spoor of a rectilinearity driven crazy by catenary logic

Question 15

gusset

Answer 15

bracket strengthening an angle of a structure.

Question 16

bushed

Answer 16

Tired out

Question 17

broadloom

Answer 17

a type of carpet woven on a wide loom, resulting in a single piece without seams or breaks.

Question 18

hominid

Answer 18

also known as great apes, are primates that belong to the taxonomic family Hominidae.

Question 19

hominy

Answer 19

a versatile ingredient derived from dried corn kernels that have been treated with an alkali solution, usually lime or lye, in a process called nixtamalization.

Question 20

small-bore

Answer 20

denoting a firearm with a narrow bore, in international and Olympic shooting generally .22 inch calibre (5.6 millimetre bore).
informal*North American
trivial; unimportant.
“small-bore economic issues”

Question 21

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Question 22

Ishiba Shigeru

Answer 22

Japan’s prime minister

Question 23

dilatory

Answer 23

Slow to act; intended to cause delay

‘ His father had made constant recourse to the word, ‘well’ using it, not as a dilatory particle, but as an exclamation, signifying, both surprise and approval

Question 24

Lev Tahor

Answer 24

a fringe Jewish sect that has long faced charges of child abuse. The group claims merely to be strictly Orthodox, but in reality resembles a personality cult; former members have claimed that core Jewish texts are not studied, just the writings of its deceased founder, Shlomo Helbrans.

Question 25

curvilinear

Answer 25

contained by or consisting of a curved line or lines.

Question 26

cognate

Answer 26

Having the same linguistic derivation as another, e.g. father and Vater in German

Question 27

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Answer 27

The Federal Labor Relations Authority is an independent agency of the United States government that governs labor relations between the federal government and its employees.

Question 28

Elliot Richardson

Answer 28

Nixon's attorney general, who resigned rather than carry out the firing of the special prosecutor investigating Watergate.

Question 29

Federalist Society

Answer 29

The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is an American conservative and libertarian legal organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

Question 30

Bronze Star

Answer 30

The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States Armed Forces decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

Question 31

Gantt chart

Answer 31

a bar chart that illustrates a project schedule

Question 32

Anthony Albanese

Answer 32

PM of Australia

Question 33

intermezzo

Answer 33

a short connecting instrumental movement in an opera or other musical work

Question 34

toroid

Answer 34

a surface of revolution with a hole in the middle.

Question 35

spavined

Answer 35

being of or marked by a decrepit or broken-down condition: a XXXXXXXX old school bus abandoned in a field.

Question 36

canaille

Answer 36

The common people; the masses

Question 37

Archimedean point

Answer 37

a reliable starting point from which one may reason.

Question 38

entelechy

Answer 38

that which realizes or makes actual what is otherwise merely potential.

Question 39

pakora

Answer 39

A crunchy Indian fritter

Question 40

calliope

Answer 40

capitalized : the Greek Muse of heroic poetry 2 : a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air

Question 41

sic semper tyrannis

Answer 41

"thus always to tyrants" -- meaning tyrants will always be overthrown

Question 42

rentier (RAHN-T-YAY

Answer 42

a person living on income from property or investments.