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Question 1

crevice

Answer 1

crack; fissure

Question 2

cringe

Answer 2

shrink back as if in fear; cower

Question 3

crinkle

Answer 3

wrinkle

Question 4

criteria

Answer 4

standards used in judging

Question 5

crotchet

Answer 5

make ( a place of needlework ) by looping thread with a hooked needle

Question 6

crone

Answer 6

hag; ugly old woman

Question 7

cross

Answer 7

bad-tempered; showing ill humour; angry

Question 8

crossbreed

Answer 8

Hybridize

Question 9

crotchety

Answer 9

( of someone old ) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered

Question 10

crust

Answer 10

Hard outer covering ( as of earth and snow)

Question 11

crux

Answer 11

essential or main point

Question 12

crypt

Answer 12

secret recess or vault usually used for burial

Question 13

cryptic

Answer 13

Mysterious; hidden; secret

Question 14

cubicle

Answer 14

small chamber used for sleeping or work

Question 15

cue

Answer 15

word or signal ( as in a play to prompt another actor’s speech or entrance ); reminder or hint

Question 16

cuisine

Answer 16

style or cooking

Question 17

culinary

Answer 17

relating to cooking or kitchen

Question 18

cull

Answer 18

pick out from others ( to kill the weakest members )

Question 19

culmination

Answer 19

highest point; climax

Question 20

culpable

Answer 20

deserving blame ; blamewrothY

Question 21

culprit

Answer 21

one guilty of a crime

Question 22

culvert

Answer 22

artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road

Question 23

cumbersome

Answer 23

heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome

Question 24

cumulative

Answer 24

growing by addition; accumulative

Question 25

cunning

Answer 25

clever in deceiving; sly

Question 26

cupidity

Answer 26

greed ( for wealth )

Question 27

curator

Answer 27

superintendent; manager ( in charge off a museum or library )

Question 28

curb

Answer 28

chain or strap used with a bit to restraint a horse; something that checks