10 dec

Question 1

ire

Answer 1

anger

Question 2

minced

Answer 2

: to speak in a very direct and honest way without worrying about offending someone

Question 3

wherewithal

Answer 3

the money or other means needed for a particular purpose, resources

Question 4

ravage

Answer 4

to damage something very badly; to destroy something

Question 5

ethos

Answer 5

set of ideas and attitudes associated with a particular group or society

Question 6

shoestring

Answer 6

a small or inadequate budget.

Question 7

straggle

Answer 7

to walk, etc. more slowly than the rest of the group,

to grow, spread or move in an untidy way or in different directions

Question 8

tame

Answer 8

to bring something wild under your control; to make something tame

Question 9

sanguine

Answer 9

cheerful, hopeful and confident about the future,

optimistic

Question 10

spigot

Answer 10

a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask,
a tap

Question 11

vet

Answer 11

to do careful and secret checks before deciding if somebody/something can be accepted or not

Question 12

to cut ice

Answer 12

To have no impact or effect, especially on one’s opinion. I’m sorry, but that ridiculous rationale cuts no ice with me and will not change my mind.

Question 13

rebuttal

Answer 13

an instance of rebutting evidence or an accusation,refutation,denial

Question 14

pluralistic

Answer 14

relating to or advocating a system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist.,
relating to a system of thought that recognizes more than one ultimate principle

Question 15

plenary

Answer 15

(used about meetings, etc.) that should be attended by everyone who has the right to attend

Question 16

emblematic

Answer 16

serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.

Question 17

veer

Answer 17

(used about vehicles) to change direction suddenly

Question 18

prognosis

Answer 18

an opinion, based on medical experience, of the likely development of a disease or an illness,
a judgement about how something is likely to develop in the future

Question 19

excoriate

Answer 19

damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).

damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin).: arraign

Question 20

proviso

Answer 20

a condition that must be accepted before an agreement can be made

Question 21

fret

Answer 21

to be worried and unhappy about something