Peak 4

Question 0

warlike; given to waging war.

Answer 0

belligerently

Question 1

a close-fitting, knitted cap that covers the head, neck, and tops of the shoulders, worn especially by mountain climbers, soldiers, skiers, etc.

Answer 1

Balaclava

Question 2

crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration

Answer 2

Garish

Question 3

to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one’s adversaries.

Answer 3

Daunting

Question 4

to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.

Answer 4

Debilitated

Question 5

the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.

Answer 5

Efficiency

Question 6

cleverly or skillfully evasive: a fish too elusive to catch.

Answer 6

Elusive

Question 7

to whiten by removing color; bleach: Workers were blanching linen in the sun.

Answer 7

Blanch

Question 8

the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.

Answer 8

Denouement

Question 9

wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.

Answer 9

Vigil

Question 10

to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.

Answer 10

Disperse

Question 11

Informal. to attack critically where a person is vulnerable, uninformed, etc.: The president was blindsided by the press on the latest tax bill.

Answer 11

Blindside

Question 12

to overwhelm

Answer 12

Devastated

Question 13

to catch, as in a net; entangle: He was enmeshed by financial difficulties.

Answer 13

Enmeshed