wod

Question 1

Impudicity

Answer 1

lack of modesty: shamelessness

Question 2

Gossamer

Answer 2

extremely light, delicate, or tenuous

Question 3

Desolation

Answer 3

a state of complete emptiness or destruction

Question 4

Trichotillomania

Answer 4

an abnormal desire to pull out one’s hair

Question 5

Quotidian

Answer 5

occurring every day: commonplace

Question 6

Hegira

Answer 6

a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation: exodus

Question 7

Rash

Answer 7

marked by or preceding from undue haste or lack of deliberation or caution

Question 8

Nascent

Answer 8

coming or having recently come into existence

Question 9

Madness

Answer 9

a state of frenzied or chaotic activity

Question 10

Upset

Answer 10

an upset occurs in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, when the party popularly expected to win (the “favorite”) is defeated by an underdog whom the majority expects to lose, defying the conventional wisdom:

Question 11

Placebo

Answer 11

an inert medication used for its psychological effect or for the purposes of comparison in an experiment

Question 12

Nondescript

Answer 12

lacking distinctive or interesting qualities

Question 13

Mendacious

Answer 13

given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth

Question 14

Heliolatry

Answer 14

sun worship

Question 15

Nostrum

Answer 15

a usually questionable remedy or scheme

Question 16

Enigma

Answer 16

a person, thing, or situation that is mysterious, puzzling, or ambiguous

Question 17

Nonchalant

Answer 17

having an air of easy unconcern o indifference

Question 18

Forfend

Answer 18

to ward off: prevent

Question 19

Verboten

Answer 19

forbidden; especially prohibited by dictate

Question 20

Archipelago

Answer 20

an expanse of water with many scattered islands

Question 21

Facet

Answer 21

any of the aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or any object (as of consideration)

Question 22

Tchotchke

Answer 22

knickknack, trinket

Question 23

Empirical

Answer 23

based on testing or experience

Question 24

Truncate

Answer 24

to shorten by or as if by cutting off

Question 25

Venerate

Answer 25

to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference