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Question 1

Autodidact

Answer 1

A self-taught person

Question 2

Loquacious

Answer 2

Talkative

Question 3

Incunabulum

Answer 3

An early printed book, especially one printed before 1501

Question 4

Ontology

Answer 4

The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being

Question 5

Etiology

Answer 5

The cause of a disease

Question 6

Erudite

Answer 6

Having or showing great knowledge

Question 7

Duenna

Answer 7

An older woman acting as a governess

Question 8

Eunuch

Answer 8

A man who has been castrated to serve a specific social function (e.g. guard women’s quarters) or an ineffectual person

Question 9

Apnea

Answer 9

Cessation of breathing

Question 10

Accidie (n)

Answer 10

Spiritual or mental sloth; apathy

Question 11

Interminable

Answer 11

Endless or apparently endless

Question 12

Pugilist

Answer 12

A boxer, especially a professional one

Question 13

Calumny

Answer 13

The making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander

Question 14

Jeremiad

Answer 14

A long mournful complaint; a list of woes

Question 15

Sybaritic

Answer 15

Fond of sensuous luxury; self-indulgent

Question 16

Hegira

Answer 16

An exodus or migration (Religious reference)

Question 17

Mercurial

Answer 17

Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind

Question 18

Eponymous

Answer 18

(Of a person) giving their name to something

Question 19

Morass

Answer 19

An area of muddy, boggy ground; a complicated or confused situation

Question 20

Hermetic

Answer 20

(Of a seal or closure) complete and airtight

Question 21

Bucolic

Answer 21

Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

Question 22

Exegesis

Answer 22

Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture

Question 23

Paramour

Answer 23

A lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person