101 - 150

Question 1

Efface

Answer 1

Erase

Question 2

Despoliation

Answer 2

Plunder

Question 3

Abaddon

Answer 3

A place of destruction (Biblical)

Question 4

Lipoid

Answer 4

Fatty

Question 5

Gelding

Answer 5

Castrated male horse

Question 6

Obloquy

Answer 6

Strong public condemnation

Question 7

Estoeric

Answer 7

Likely to be understood by a small number of people with a specialised knowledge or interest; belonging to select few

Question 8

Peripatetic

Answer 8

Travelling from place to place; itinerant

Question 9

Acerbic

Answer 9

Sour or bitter

Question 10

Brackish

Answer 10

Slightly salty (of water)

Question 11

Martinet

Answer 11

A strict disciplinarian

Question 12

Garrulous

Answer 12

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Question 13

Denigrate

Answer 13

To criticise unfairly

Question 14

Peroration

Answer 14

The concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience

Question 15

Apocryphal

Answer 15

Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

Question 16

Sedition

Answer 16

Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarchy

Question 17

Carr

Answer 17

Waterlogged wooded terrain

Question 18

Rick

Answer 18

Large pile of straw in a regular shape

Question 19

Coquettish

Answer 19

Flirtatious

Question 20

Aphorism

Answer 20

Pithy observation that contains a general truth

Question 21

Leveret

Answer 21

A young hare in its first year

Question 22

Mandible

Answer 22

Jaw

Question 23

Patrician

Answer 23

An aristocrat or nobleman

Question 24

Imbroglio

Answer 24

An extremely confused or embarrassing situation

Question 25

Meritocratic

Answer 25

Holding power due to merit

Question 26

Plutocratic

Answer 26

Holding power due to wealth

Question 27

Eponym

Answer 27

Giving their name to something (of a person)

Question 28

Laterite

Answer 28

A reddish clayey material

Question 29

Herbaceous

Answer 29

Does not have wordy stems above ground (of plants)

Question 30

Pagoda

Answer 30

A tiered tower (Asia)

Question 31

Obdurate

Answer 31

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Question 32

Godown

Answer 32

A warehouse (in Asia, especially India)

Question 33

Pediment

Answer 33

Architectural term for a low triangular gable; a broad gently sloping expanse of rock debris

Question 34

Windlass

Answer 34

An apparatus for moving heavy weights

Question 35

Abnegation

Answer 35

The action of renouncing or rejecting something

Question 36

Celadon

Answer 36

Chinese porcelain with a translucent pale green glaze

Question 37

Chartreuse

Answer 37

An aromatic liqueur, usually yellow or green

Question 38

Ululate

Answer 38

To howl as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief

Question 39

Denouement

Answer 39

The final resolution of the intricacies of a plot

Question 40

Philoprogenitive

Answer 40

Having many offspring

Question 41

Samizdat

Answer 41

The clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state (particularly Soviet Union)

Question 42

Recuse

Answer 42

To challenge a judge as unqualified to perform legal duties due to a potential conflict of interest

Question 43

Eructation

Answer 43

A belch

Question 44

Quixotic

Answer 44

Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Question 45

Moratorium

Answer 45

A temporary prohibition of an activity

Question 46

Moribund

Answer 46

At the point of death

Question 47

Pantheism

Answer 47

A doctrine which identifies God with the universe

Question 48

Polymath

Answer 48

A person of wide knowledge or learning

Question 49

Encomium

Answer 49

A speech/piece of writing that praises someone or something highly

Question 50

Syncretism

Answer 50

The amalgamation of different religions, cultures or schools of thought