2020 April

Question 1

Adjudicate

Answer 1

To judge

Question 2

Fealty

Answer 2

Loyalty

Question 3

Agglomeration

Answer 3

A collection

Question 4

Voluble

Answer 4

(Of a person) talkative

Question 5

Paramour

Answer 5

An illicit lover/ mistress

Question 6

Cull

Answer 6

To collect/ choose/ select

Question 7

Brandish

Answer 7

To wave (e.g., a weapon) in anger or excitement

Question 8

Iridescent

Answer 8

The glowing, shifting, colourful quality of a rainbow

Question 9

Divest

Answer 9

To rid oneself of an investment or business interest

Question 10

Emolument

Answer 10

Salary/ pay check/ stipend

Question 11

Lodestar

Answer 11

A guide

Question 12

Constable

Answer 12

Police agent

Question 13

Anatole

Answer 13

A masculine French name

Question 14

Fatuous

Answer 14

Silly or pointless

Question 15

Coruscate

Answer 15

To flash or sparkle

Question 16

Appetency

Answer 16

A longing or desire

Question 17

Supine

Answer 17

Flat in one’s back

Weak due to an inability to act

Question 18

Libor

Answer 18

Abbreviation for:

London Inter-Bank Offer Rate

Question 19

Ochronosis

Answer 19

A syndrome prevalent in connective tissues

Question 20

Pion

Answer 20

A meson having a mass approximately 270x that of an electron

Question 21

Cherubic

Answer 21

Possessing childlike innocence; angelic

Question 22

Etruscan

Answer 22

Of or related to ancient Etruria, which was located in in present-day Tuscany

Question 23

Doughty

Answer 23

Brace and persistent

Question 24

Alopecia

Answer 24

Baldness