Neutral / miscellaneous

Question 1

Inflection

Answer 1

a change in the form of a word

Question 2

Cadence

Answer 2

an inflection of the voice

Question 3

Proxy

Answer 3

the authority to represent something someone

Question 4

Veneer

Answer 4

a thin, decorative covering applied to materials

Question 5

Precipice

Answer 5

a very steep and tall rock face or cliff

Question 6

Expedite

Answer 6

make an action happen quicker

Question 7

Ossify

Answer 7

to turn into bone / to cease developing and turn rigid

Question 8

Hematite

Answer 8

a black stone

Question 9

Amalgamation

Answer 9

the action, process or result of combining or uniting

Question 10

Umber

Answer 10

a dark brown colour

Question 11

Ochre

Answer 11

a honey-like tawny colour

Question 12

Subservient

Answer 12

submissively obedient

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Obsequious

Answer 13

excessively eager to please another person

Question 14

Incongruous

Answer 14

not similar or fitting in

Question 15

Onyx

Answer 15

a deep black colour

Question 16

Imbue

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inspire or permeate

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Empirical

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coming to a conclusion by observation rather than logic

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Roil

Answer 18

moving in a turbulent manner

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Turbid

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cloudy, opaque, thick

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Unbridled

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free from restraint, uncontrolled

Question 21

Allusive

Answer 21

suggestive without explicit mention

Question 22

Rivulets

Answer 22

a small stream of liquid

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Acquiesce

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to allow something reluctantly but without protest

Question 24

Secular

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non-religious

Question 25

Consecration

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the action of making or declaring something, often sacred

Question 26

Carnelian

Answer 26

a type of dull red or reddish-white quartz

Question 27

Surmise

Answer 27

suppose that something is true without having evidence

Question 28

Undulate

Answer 28

move or go with a smooth up and down motion

Question 29

Preternatural

Answer 29

beyond what is normal or natural

Question 30

Elicit

Answer 30

evoke or draw out (a reaction/answer/fact) from someone

Question 31

Exhort

Answer 31

strongly encourage or urge someone to do something

Question 32

Servile

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showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others

Question 33

Taupe

Answer 33

a dark grey/brown colour

Question 34

Imbibe

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to absorb or assimilate ideas or knowledge

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Demarcation

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a dividing line / the action of fixing boundaries or limits

Question 36

Verbose

Answer 36

expressed in more words than needed

Question 37

Russet

Answer 37

dark ginger (in reference to hair)

Question 38

Espionage

Answer 38

the practice of spying

Question 39

Gyrate

Answer 39

move rapidly in a spiral or circle

Question 40

Conurbation

Answer 40

an extended urban area, typically in the suburbs of a main city

Question 41

Eponymous

Answer 41

(of a thing) named after a particular person or group

Question 42

Elucidate

Answer 42

to explain

Question 43

Enumerate

Answer 43

mention a number of things one by one

Question 44

Indelible

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not able to be forgotten / removed

Question 45

Redolent

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strongly reminiscent or suggestive of

Question 46

Frenetic

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fast and energetic in a wild and uncontrolled way

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Sinuous

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having many turns and curves / lithe and supple

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Capricious

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changing according to no discernible rules - unpredictable

Question 49

Sojourn

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a temporary stay (noun/verb)

Question 50

Vambrace

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defences to the forearm as part of a suit of armour

Question 51

Reticent

Answer 51

not revealing one's thoughts and feelings readily

Question 52

Ablution

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an act of washing oneself

Question 53

Loquacious

Answer 53

talkative

Question 54

Garrulous

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excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Question 55

tepid

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lukewarm / showing little enthusiasm

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand, obscure

Question 57

Edict

Answer 57

An official order issued by a person of authority

Question 58

Latent

Answer 58

Hidden or concealed

Question 59

Capitulate

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To yield or surrender

Question 60

Ambivalent

Answer 60

Having mixed or contradictory feelings about something

Question 61

Antecedent

Answer 61

Thing that existed before

Question 62

Votive

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Offered in fulfilment of a vow

Question 63

Contingent

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Subject to chance

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Comportment

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Behaviour

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Interminable

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Endless

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Bequeath

Answer 66

To leave something to someone else

Question 67

Loquacious

Answer 67

Talkative