WOD 21-40 (9/24/23 - 10/13/23)

Question 1

1. lionize

Answer 1

to treat someone as a person of great importance or interest

Question 2

2. quorum

Answer 2

the smallest number of people who must be present at a meeting in order for official decisons to be made; any select group of people

Question 3

3. grok

Answer 3

to understand something both profoundly and intuitively

Question 4

4. nepotism

Answer 4

favoritism based on kinship, the unfair practice of giving jobs and other favors to relatives

Question 5

5. fervid

Answer 5

describing people or things that express, or are expressive of, strong feelings

Question 6

6. coax

Answer 6

to influence or persuade someone or something by talking in a gentle and friendly way

Question 7

7. palmy

Answer 7

something that is flourishing or marked by prospertity, or something that is abounding in or bearing palms

Question 8

8. echt

Answer 8

authentic, genuine, and true

Question 9

9. confection

Answer 9

a sweet prepared food item made to be eaten as a treat; the act or process of preparing something; a medical preparation usually made with sugar, syrup, or honey

Question 10

10. faze

Answer 10

to distrub someone’s composure

Question 11

11. splenetic

Answer 11

expressions of sharp annoyance and anger

Question 12

12. afficionado

Answer 12

someone who both likes and knows a lot about a given interest or subject

Question 13

13. demarcate

Answer 13

to fix something or define its limits or edges

Question 14

14. portentous

Answer 14

describing something that gives a sign or warning that something (and usually something bad or unpleasant) is going to happen; the pompous attitude or behavior of someone who is trying to seem important, serious, or impressive

Question 15

15. obtain

Answer 15

to gain or get something by planned action or effort, as opposed to chance, purchase, or another method

Question 16

16. juncture

Answer 16

an important point in a process or activity, or to a junction, that is, a place where things join together

Question 17

17. berserk

Answer 17

markedly out of control due to intenese anger or excitement; to become very excited; to become very angry and often violent

Question 18

18. voracity

Answer 18

an immoderate eagerness or enthusiam for something, or an intense desire to eat or consume something

Question 19

19. gullible

Answer 19

someone easily fooled or cheated; someone quick to believe something that is not true

Question 20

20. circumvent

Answer 20

is to get around something in a clever and sometimes dishonest way; to avoid being stopped by a law